The Moon and the Stars: The Moon

Alphonse Mucha

The Moon and the Stars: The Moon (Alphonse Mucha) — The Moon and the Stars: The Moon · Alphonse Mucha · 1902.

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Unframed at this size — framing is available on 16×24 and 24×36.

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About this work

Artist: Alphonse Mucha (1860–1939)
Year: 1902
Medium: Colour lithograph
Collection: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (department of Prints and Photography)
Movement: Art Nouveau
Series: The Moon and the Stars

A woman swathed in dark drapery stands against the pale disc of the moon in a tall, narrow panel, her hands raised to her face, with a starry sky above and a hint of distant water below. Mucha designed The Moon and the Stars in Paris in 1902 as a set of four decorative panels, The Moon, the Evening Star, the Pole Star and the Morning Star, printed as colour lithographs by F. Champenois. The series is more mysterious and restrained in colour than his earlier Seasons and Flowers, with the figures almost dissolving into night. The impression reproduced here is from the set in the Bibliothèque nationale de France, which holds the panels together with the printed cover under which they were sold. It was among the last of his Paris decorative series.

This print reproduces the whole work, uncropped, from a high-resolution scan of the original. The original is in the public domain.

Details & materials

• Restored in-house from the original painting — cleaned and colour-trued at museum resolution • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 12×18 in • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

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Produced in 2–4 business days, then shipped from the facility nearest you. Delivery is typically 3–6 business days (US/UK/EU) and 5–12 worldwide. Because each print is made to order we don't take change-of-mind returns, but if it arrives damaged or flawed we'll reprint or refund it — no return needed. Full policy →

Is this the whole painting, or a crop?

The whole work, uncropped. The image fills the print at the painting's own proportions; nothing is trimmed to fit a frame.

Is The Moon and the Stars: The Moon in the public domain?

Yes. Alphonse Mucha (1860–1939) died more than 70 years ago and the work was published before 1929, so the painting itself is public domain. This print is a reproduction made from a high-resolution scan of the original, which is held by Bibliothèque nationale de France.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 12×18, 16×24 and 24×36 inches; the two larger sizes are also offered framed. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was The Moon and the Stars: The Moon painted, and in what medium?

The Moon and the Stars: The Moon dates from 1902 and was made in colour lithograph.

What size works above a sofa or bed?

For a standard three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 24×36 inches reads as a single statement piece; 16×24 suits a narrower wall or a pairing. The print's proportions follow the original, so a landscape-format painting is wider than it is tall.

About this design

The Moon and the Stars: The Moon (Alphonse Mucha) — The Moon and the Stars: The Moon · Alphonse Mucha · 1902. This is a fine-art reproduction of a public-domain masterwork, shown whole and uncropped on a gallery ground, printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Three sizes (12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in); the 16×24 and 24×36 are also offered framed. Part of the Madten Fine Art Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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