Alphonse Mucha: The Spirit of Art Nouveau

Alexandria, Virginia: Art Services International / Yale University Press, 1998. Fifth printing. Hardcover. Good/Good (Exlibary book. Sticker to the dust jacket at the base of the spine. Tear in the dustjacket alongside this sticker. Repair to the back end pages; the spine is slightly and cleanly loose. Stamp on front free end page. Stamp, sticker, and due date card on back pasted end page. Stamp on top text block.). Black cloth with silver spine lettering; color illustrated dust jacket, 344 pp., 248 color illus. and 112 BW illustrations. Contents: The spirit (truncated) of Mucha / Ronald F. Lipp and Suzanne Jackson -- Bohemia and Paris / Jana A. Brabcová-Orlíková -- New aspirations 1900-1939 / Anna Dvorák -- Mucha's debut in fin de siècle Paris / Victor Arwas -- Mucha and photography / Quentin Bajac -- Would Mucha have made it on Madison Avenue? / Jack Rennert -- Le style Mucha and symbolism ; Mucha and Sarah Bernhardt ; Mucha and sculpture / Victor Arwas -- Alphonse Mucha as illustrator ; The Slav epic / Anna Dvorák -- The Fouquet Boutique / Jean-Marie Bruson -- Jirí Mucha : keeper of the flame / Geraldine Mucha. "This book, a full-scale treatment of Mucha's entire oeuvre, includes discussions and reproductions of paintings, posters, decorative panels, pastels, drawings, photographs, jewelry, and illustrations from throughout his career ... 248 color plates, 112 black-and-white illustrations"--Dustjacket. (Inventory #: 203409)