MUCHA
'WOMAN WITH A RIBBON', AN OIL PAINTING ON CANVAS
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'WOMAN WITH A RIBBON', AN OIL PAINTING ON CANVAS
BY ALPHONSE MUCHA
Depicting a woman holding a long piece of white ribbon, painted against a background of foliage suggesting the autumn season, signed lower right with monogram M, paper labels on reverse reading ARTISTE MUCHA TITRE DAME AU RUBAN PRÊTEUR Mme. JOHANNA WALKER, PARIS N/Réf. 20040 GRAND PALAIS and Reunions des musées nationaux Paris Alphonse Mucha 1860-1939 Galeries nationales du Grand Palais 5 fevrier-28 avril 1980 Titre de l'oeuvre femme au ruban Proprietaire Coll. Walker, Paris, No du catalogue: 304--15in. (38.1cm.) high, 33in. (83.8cm.) wide, frame carved and gilded with scalloped corner design
PROVENANCE
Johanna Walker, Paris
EXHIBITED
Grand Palais, Paris, 5 February-28 April 1980, ref. no. 20040, cat. no. 304
LITERATURE
Mucha 1860-1939 peintures, illustrations-affiches, arts décoratifs, Grand Palais, Paris, 5 February-28 April 1980
This work, which was one of four paintings described as Les Saisons (The Seasons) and sold in an auction at Grenoble in 1973, was executed by Mucha for the Bergès family with whom he resided in Grenoble from 1902 to 1903.
BY ALPHONSE MUCHA
Depicting a woman holding a long piece of white ribbon, painted against a background of foliage suggesting the autumn season, signed lower right with monogram M, paper labels on reverse reading ARTISTE MUCHA TITRE DAME AU RUBAN PRÊTEUR Mme. JOHANNA WALKER, PARIS N/Réf. 20040 GRAND PALAIS and Reunions des musées nationaux Paris Alphonse Mucha 1860-1939 Galeries nationales du Grand Palais 5 fevrier-28 avril 1980 Titre de l'oeuvre femme au ruban Proprietaire Coll. Walker, Paris, No du catalogue: 304--15in. (38.1cm.) high, 33in. (83.8cm.) wide, frame carved and gilded with scalloped corner design
PROVENANCE
Johanna Walker, Paris
EXHIBITED
Grand Palais, Paris, 5 February-28 April 1980, ref. no. 20040, cat. no. 304
LITERATURE
Mucha 1860-1939 peintures, illustrations-affiches, arts décoratifs, Grand Palais, Paris, 5 February-28 April 1980
This work, which was one of four paintings described as Les Saisons (The Seasons) and sold in an auction at Grenoble in 1973, was executed by Mucha for the Bergès family with whom he resided in Grenoble from 1902 to 1903.