Vintage art nouveau. Book page illustrated by Alphonse Mucha."Ornate Page". C 1897. Work for Robert de Flers entitled Ilsee, Princess of Tripoli.

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This work was considered one of the finest examples of Mucha's book illustrations. (Ray, The Art of the French Illustrated Book 366) According to the Mucha Foundation, by the time Robert de Flers completed the manuscript for the story, Mucha had only three months to complete the 134 lithographs to illustrate the text. He later wrote: “We worked on four stones simultaneously. I did some of the drawings straight onto the stone. Other things, particularly the decorative edgings, I drew on tracing paper which was then passed on to the draughtsmen who continued the work with the colors I specified. I hardly had time to sketch out the motif for an ornament when they came and took it from my hands and got down to work on it.”

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Size: 2218px × 2767px
Location: France
Photo credit: © Bill Waterson / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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