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Art Nouveau - Mucha-14, Postcard 1900 [185889]

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Art Nouveau - Mucha-14, Postcard  1900 [185889]
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This postcard is part of Alphonse Mucha's 1st series of 12 cards which comprises three groups of four cards each. The third group in the 1st series is the set of four ages of man: childhood (enfance), adolescence (adolescence), manhood (maturite) and old age (viellesse). No. 409, Childhood. R-3. From the set of the four ages of man published by Champenois in 1900. Lady in green dress with baby.
These scenes found an earlier use on a calendar for Chocolat Masson. Each card in the series is in the vertical format with the image occupying slightly more than half of the upper part. (Info: "The Postcards of Alphonse Mucha," Q. David Bowers & Mary L. Martin, 1981.)
For more information on Alphonse Mucha's life, and the Art Nouveau movement, see Lot #185466, Mucha-1. [] [] [Hungary] [] []