F. Champenois, Imprimeur-Éditeur
1897 · Colour lithograph (poster) · Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
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About this work
- Artist
- Alphonse Mucha (1860–1939)
- Year
- 1897
- Medium
- Colour lithograph (poster)
- Original size
- 67 × 49 cm
- Collection
- Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (department of Prints and Photography)
- Movement
- Art Nouveau
A young woman in a pale gown sits with a book open on her knee, her red hair crowned with flowers, inside a circle of blossom, under the lettering of the printer F. Champenois, imprimeur-éditeur, 66 boulevard Saint-Michel, Paris. Mucha designed the poster in 1897 for the lithographic printer who held him under contract and printed almost all his Paris posters, and the same figure was reissued without lettering as the decorative panel Rêverie. It is the clearest statement of his style: the circle, the flowers, the hair and the gentle face. The impression reproduced is in the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
This print reproduces the whole work, uncropped, from a high-resolution scan of the original. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
A seated figure in a circle of blossom, in soft pinks and greens, for a bedroom, living room or reading corner at 16×24 or 24×36 in thin black or dark wood, no mat. It suits a white or blush wall and pairs with the Salon des Cent poster.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Art Nouveau painting
- Era
- 19th century (1897)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Mood
- decorative, sophisticated
- Rooms
- living room, bedroom, study or library, dining room, hallway or entryway
- Good gift for
- housewarming, anniversary, her, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 16×24. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.
Framing. The gallery ground is part of the print, so frame it without a mat — dark wood flatters the lighter palette; black sharpens it.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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About this design
The Madten promise
An exhibition poster
The same artwork as a gallery exhibition poster — title, artist & date typeset beneath the image on a soft ground.
