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Blindstamp lower right in margin
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| Artist: Alphonse Mucha
Czech (1860-1939) | | Item: em24 |
| Title: Incantation/ Salammbo | |
Description: Cond. A+, Original
Lithograph,
issued by L'Estampe Modern, October 1897, Printed by F. Champenois,
Paris.
Blindstamp lower right in margin.
Presented in 16 x 20 in. acid free, archival museum mat, with framing
labels. Ready to frame. Shipped boxed flat via Fedex.
Certificate of Authenticity.
See our Terms of Sale
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| Sheet Size: | 12 in x 16 in |
| | 31 cm x 41 cm | |
Price: temporarily out of
stock
(Like many of my most sought after images I am usually able to
locate this for clients. email me for a price estimate, Greg)
To Request |
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Perhaps
the most beautiful of all Mucha's Original lithographs. Greg
Yaneff's favorite.
"Salammbo was the daughter of Hamilcar, the barbaric ruler
of Crathage; in 1862, Gustave Flaubert wrote a romantic novel with her as a subject,
in which she was searching for a magic veil (seen here trailing from her shoulder)
that was supposed to aid her father in conquering the world. However, the veil's
power proves to be illusory, Salambo dies shortly after finally obtaining it for
naught"(Rennert PAI)
"Mucha
was probably the single most famous and influential artist of the whole Art Nouveau
movement in Europe. The lithograph he drew for L'Estampe Moderne, 'Salammbo- L'Incantation'
is an outstanding example of the finest period of his decorative style…With
it's combination of an exotic richness, an overt and luxuriant sensuality, and
the marvelous flowing sinuous patterns of line and colour it created a whole new
era of taste" (Weston No.1 1999, 28)
"Gustave Flaubert's (French 1821-1880) 'Salammbo' written in 1862, is
an often stirring mixture and intertwining of the history of the Punic Wars and
of the myths held by the people of ancient Carthage.... Hamilcar's daughter, the
lovely and exotically beautiful Salammbo. Her conniving to recapture the Zaimph
from Matho, the Libyan leader of the Barbarians, includes some of the most erotic
passage in 19th century literature. Her pet serpent figures very prominently in
these scenes. A priest advises Salammbo that without reobtaining the Zaimph, an
important holy relic in their possession, Carthage is doomed to defeat" (WebReview)
Not unlike the Maitre de L'Affiche series, L'Estampe Modern was a portfolio
printed between 1897-98, published by Imprimerie Champenois, Paris, contained
24 monthly portfolios, with four original lithographs in each. Each commissioned
only for this series. As well as Mucha, some of the contributing artists included
Rhead, Meunier, Ibels, Steinlen, Willette and Grasset. This is from the series
with the blindstamp in the margin lower right corner.
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