February 2024 Fine Art & Estate Auction
By Taurus Auctions
Feb 29, 2024
30-06 Broadway Ste. B Fair Lawn NJ 07410, United States

Welcome to our February 2024 Fine Art & Estate Auction. The catalog features a large collection of original artwork, fine jewelry, decorative arts, and other unique collectibles from a variety of private estates in the New York, New Jersey, Connecticut & Pennsylvania area. Highlights include: artwork by Shanti Dave, Krishen Khanna and Andre Gisson. Joseph Kratina Art Nouveau bronze, Lalique glass, Alphonse Mucha lithographs, Lluis Masriera jewelry & much more.


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LOT 4:

Alphonse Mucha - La Primevere & Le Plume

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Sold for: $8,500
Start price:
$ 1,000
Estimated price :
$1,500 - $3,000
Buyer's Premium: 23% More details
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Auction took place on Feb 29, 2024 at Taurus Auctions
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Alphonse Mucha - La Primevere & Le Plume
Item/Description: Two exquisite original Art Nouveau color lithographs, Plume & Primevere, 1899, by Alphonse Mucha (Czech 1860-1939). Both with printed signature. These are not adhered to any type of backing.
"This series of decorative panels sold for 12 francs in the paper version, and on satin, for 40 francs." Lendl/Paris, p. 93). A recent exhibition catalogue rightly calls this a "masterful work": The beauty of this pair of panels lies in the contrast between the geometric mosaic behind the head of Quill and the floral ornamental circle inspired by nature behind the head of Primrose" (Mucha/Art Nouveau, p. 198). (Lithographic, Poster)

Material: Paper

Dimensions: Image size: Height: 29 1/4"; Width: 12". Unframed

Condition: Signs of age and wear including, some foxing and discoloration.

Age: c. 1899

Provenance: Private estate

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