MUCHA Alphonse. - Lot 674

MUCHA Alphonse. Chemins de Fer d'Orléans et du Midi. Luchon, Queen of the Pyrenees. 1895. Lithographic poster. Imp. Camis, Paris. Cloth-covered, fair condition: slight traces of median folds, tears and tears along folds, some light repaints. Bright, fresh colors. 102.5 x 73.5 cm Bibliography: Jack Rennert and Alain Weill. Alphonse Mucha. All posters and panels. Henri Veyrier. Paris. 1984. Pages 60 and 61. Ill. : 6 : "...This poster is the only one in which he does not present a female character. The shepherd on horseback must have seemed telling, even if Luchon is the Queen of the Pyrenees! This is one of only three plates the artist produced for the Camis printing house." Jean-Didier Urbain. Un Tour de France en Affiches. Editions de la Martinière 2015. Page 163. Pierre Belvès. 100 ans d'Affiches des Chemins de Fer. Editions La Vie du Rail 1980. Page 30, illus. 43. Daniel Hillion. La Montagne s'Affiche. Editions Ouest-France 1991. Pages 50 and 53. Jean-Loup Fricker and Philippe Terrancle. Les Pyrénées s'Affichent. Editions Milan 2004. Page 23.