ALPHONSE MUCHA (1860 - 1939) Poster for ‘Salon des Cent 20th Exhibition’

Lot 719
2 5003 000
signed in plate ‘Mucha’ (lower left) lithograph in colours, printed by Imprimerie Chaix, Paris 40 x 29 cm Executed in 1896 The Salon des Centwas the exhibition hall of the magazine ‘La Plume’. This poster, which secured Mucha’s place in the group, announced the 20th exhibition of the Sa-lon des Cent. The Salon included lithographic works by artists associa-ted with La Plume, which included Toulouse-Lautrec, Bonnard, Ensor and Grasset.