Alphonse Mucha The Complete Graphic Works de Bridges, Ann (edited by) (Foreward by Jiri Mucha) - 1980

New York, NY: Harmony Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1980. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0517541890 . Color Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping to the spine ends of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "Alfons Maria Mucha (Czech: ['alfons 'muxa] (listen) ; 24 July 1860 – 14 July 1939) , known internationally as Alphonse Mucha, was a Czech painter, illustrator, and graphic artist, living in Paris during the Art Nouveau period, widely known for his distinctly stylized and decorative theatrical posters, particularly those of Sarah Bernhardt. He produced illustrations, advertisements, decorative panels, as well as designs, which became among the best-known images of the period. In the second part of his career, at the age of 57, he returned to his homeland and devoted himself to a series of twenty monumental symbolist canvases known as The Slav Epic, depicting the history of all the Slavic peoples of the world, which he painted between 1912 and 1926. In 1928, on the 10th anniversary of the independence of Czechoslovakia, he presented the series to the Czech nation. He considered it his most important work. " (from Wikipedia) .