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Pendant Cascade, ca. 1900

Alphonse Mucha (Czech, 1860-1939)

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© Mucha Trust 2009; used with permission

Alphonse Mucha (Czech, 1860-1939). Pendant Cascade, ca. 1900. Gold, enamel, opals, diamonds and Baroque pearls. 12 x 5 cm (4 11/16 x 1 3/16 in.). Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris.

© Mucha Trust 2009 / Photo © Petit Palais, Roger-Viollet

About the Show:

Art Nouveau fans worldwide know, love and can't live without the works of Czech artist Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939). However, there was much more to Mucha's output than his fabulous Parisian theater posters and advertisements. Alfons Mucha offers a retrospective look at the artist's career through some 250 of his paintings, drawings, pastels, lithographs, book illustrations, tapestries and works of jewelry borrowed from both public and private collections.

Scheduled Venues:

Belvedere, Lower Gallery, Vienna: February 12-June 1, 2009
Musée Fabre de Montpellier: June 20-September 20, 2009
Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich: October 9, 2009-January 24, 2010

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