Alphonse Mucha: Posters and Photographs

London: Academy Editions, 1971. Hardcover. VG/Good ( light foxing to text block, previous owner book plate on ffep, pages of text and illustrations are otherwise clean. Dust jacket has heavy shelf wear/tears, inside corner of dust jacket flap is clipped). Black cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine, white dust jacket with color illustration on front and rear, black lettering, 136 pp, 157 illustrations of which 40 are in color. "The grace and originality of Mucha's art is illustrated by a comprehensive selection of his work with over 100 black and white and 40 colour reproductions of the high quality necessary for the true representation of Mucha's (truncated) suble and muted colours and delicate draughtsmanship. Many of the photographs that Mucha took of his models have recently ben re-discovered, giving a fascinating glimpse of the raw material that Mucha transmuted in his drawings and paintings. The photographic section of the book is introduced by Dr. Aaron Scharf who places Mucha's photography in the context of his time. and the use that Mucha made of his photographs in the planning of his work is discussed by Marina henderson in an essay on Mucha and the Camera." Dust Jacket. (Inventory #: 177162)