Museums & Galleries La Plume (Zodiac) Alphonse Mucha Card

La Plume (Zodiac) poster reproduced on this beautiful card from the Victoria & Albert range of  Museums & Galleries

Original art by Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939), Paris 1897.

The zodiac scriptions sparkle in gold & are raised to stunning effect. 

Czech painter Alphonse Maria Mucha leapt to fame in Paris in 1895 when his poster Gismonda (1894) for the superstar Sarah Bernhardt heralded the birth of the distinctive ‘Style Mucha’ and established him as the pre-eminent exponent of French Art Nouveau. - Mucha Foundation

• Printed on textured board, individually packaged, and complemented with a white envelope.
• Blank inside for your message.
• Size: 163 x 163mm
• Designed and printed in the UK

"Zodiac was Mucha's first work under his contract with the printer Champenois and was originally designed as an in-house calendar for the company. In this composition, Mucha incorporated twelve zodiac signs in the halo-like disk behind the woman's head, one of Mucha's customary motifs. The majestic beauty of the woman is emphasised by her regal bearing and elaborate jewellery.

The striking design of the Zodiac calendar quickly attracted the attention of Léon Deschamps, chief editor of La Plume; he bought the rights to distribute it as the magazine's calendar for 1897. It became one of Mucha's most popular designs; at least nine variants of this lithograph are known, including this one which was printed without text to serve as a decorative panel." - Mucha Foundation

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