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The Arts: Dance

Alphonse Mucha

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$59Unframed print · made to order

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About this work

Artist: Alphonse Mucha (1860–1939)
Year: 1898
Medium: Colour lithograph
Original size: 60 × 38 cm
Collection: Mucha Trust / private collections; impressions in public collections
Movement: Art Nouveau
Series: The Arts

A woman turns on tiptoe within a decorative halo, her gown and her great sweep of hair caught by the wind along with a scatter of falling leaves, so that the whole figure seems to spin. Mucha designed Dance in Paris in 1898 as one of The Arts, a set of four decorative panels printed as colour lithographs by F. Champenois; the others are Painting, Poetry and Music. He avoided the usual emblems of the arts and instead gave each a woman and a moment in nature: Dance is the movement of the autumn wind, as Music is birdsong at night and Poetry the evening star. The circular halo filled with ornament, borrowed from Byzantine icons, had become his signature. The Arts was among the most popular of his series and was reissued in several formats.

This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.

Details & materials

• Print — original, drawn in-house • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in; 16×24 and 24×36 also available framed in black or natural wood • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

Shipping & returns

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 exhibition-poster edition sets the complete image above typography designed in-house.

Is The Arts: Dance 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 Mucha Trust / private collections; impressions in public collections.

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 Arts: Dance painted, and in what medium?

The Arts: Dance dates from 1898 and was made in colour lithograph; the original measures 60 × 38 cm.

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

A museum-exhibition poster of Alphonse Mucha's The Arts: Dance — Dance — a figure in a whirl of hair and veils before a halo of petals, from the four-panel Arts series — shown whole and uncropped beneath gallery typography. Art Nouveau and The Belle Époque, styled as a blockbuster exhibition print. A gallery-style exhibition poster: a celebrated public-domain artwork shown whole and uncropped beneath original exhibition typography set in-house — 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 Exhibition Posters Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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