(after) Alphonse Mucha
The Arts (Dance, Music, Poetry, Painting), Set of 4
Reproduction Colour Lithograph of Original, From Mucha Foundation
64 x 40 cm
Embossed Mucha Foundation lower middle
Edition 105/300, 104/300, 108/300, 91/300
Signed by the printer in pencil lower right
Mucha discarded traditional attributes such as musical instruments, paintbrushes and quills. Instead he emphasised the creative inspiration of natural beauty by giving each of the arts a circular backdrop featuring a motif from nature indicating a particular time of day: for Dance falling leaves blown by a morning breeze; for Painting a red flower encircled by rainbows in fresh daylight; for Poetry the evening star shining in the sky at dusk; for Music the song of birds at moonrise.