Mucha print

Hi all,

Can anyone help me identity whether this is a mass produced print or a lithograph or something of value please?

Judging by the format of the telephone number of the framer it was framed not after 2000, but not before 1995.

Measuring it would probably be wise but I can’t find my measure at the moment.. can do later..

Any info appreciated.

Thanks a lot,

Sam

 

Did you see this Christie's auction?

https://www.christies.com/lotfinder...t-biscuits-lefevre-utile-5366350-details.aspx

Debora

 

Hi Debora, yes I did.. there’s quite a few different lithographs out there that sell for well so I’m finding it a bit confusing as to what I’ve got..

See here:
https://www.liveauctioneers.com/search/?keyword=Mucha flirt&sort=-relevance&status=archive

 

I don't know how large the original or yours is? I had one similar poster in 1990s that indeed looked like a beautiful "original" and some decorator (company?) had glued it onto particle board. When I stripped off the back paper, it was particle board. So even if mine had been original, I didn't care, gave it to a friend as a gift because she loved it. I visit it when I go see her!

 

A rough guess of the size of mine would be about 2.5' x 1.2'.

 

So what do you guys think? Is it too hard to tell from those pics? Is this similar to those lithos seen on liveauctioneers or is this similar to those mass produced prints you can find on eBay. Any advice as to how I can proceed?

Thank you,

Sam

 

An observation: your piece does not have the "Grand Prix Paris 1900" text.

Caveat: I don't know what that means as far as value.

 

Thanks @Jivvy !

According to this website:http://www.macklowegallery.com/gall...+Nouveau+Lithograph+"Flirt+Biscuits"+by+Mucha

“The added text "Grand Prix - Paris 1900" was placed in later versions of this display poster“...

On the lettering in “flirt” on my print the letters are not fully coloured in to the lines .. the caveat here is, again, I don’t know what that means. Ha

 

Yes mine is about that too actually.. I wonder who would be able to tell me whether it's a litho. Maybe an auction house?

 

Yes, possibly an auction house, a museum, or a local print shop may know. Can call around.