Artist: ALPHONSE MUCHA (1860-1939)
Size: 52 3/8 x 39 1/4 in./133 x 99.7 cm
Condition: B/ Restored tears, largely at horizontal fold. Framed.
Printer: Affiches Camis, Paris
Reference: Rennert/Weill, 72; Lendl/Prague, p. 44; DFP-II, 625; PAI-LXXXIX, 290
Key Words: Art Nouveau; Artist: Mucha; Theatre

Amants. 1895.
This “comedy by Maurice Donnay starred Maurice Granier and Lucien Guitry, and premiered on November 5, 1895. There is very rich ornamentation... which adroitly divides it into three scenes and thereby harmonizes elements which might otherwise appear quite busy: there is a Punch-and-Judy show in the upper left, a tragic commentary in the upper right, and the entire bottom section is given to the play’s party scene, replete with fashionable guests, strolling violinists, dancers, flowers, champagne, and other indications of a good time had by all” (Rennert/Weill. p. 62).