Alphonse MUCHA - Lefèvre-Utile, Gaufrettes vanille, 1898 - Lithograph enhanced with golden ink ( Very scarce!)

Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939)
Lefèvre-Utile, Gaufrettes vanille, 1898

Lithograph on paper, enhanced with golden ink. Very scarce!

Signed on the plate lower left margin.

Dimensions:
+ Size of the sheet: 20,5 x 18 cm / 8 x 7 in.
+ Size of the image: 18 x 17,5 cm / 7 x 6,8 in.

Condition: In overall good condition, with some soft handling creases and some minor stains in the margins. Some remain marks of pieces of tape on the back, NOT visible from the front. Image very clean otherwise, with bright and vivid colors. A beautiful print!

This lithograph was a biscuit tin label for Lefèvre-Utile's goods, "Gaufrettes vanille". The same design was already used by Alphonse Mucha for his 1896 poster published on the occasion of the biscuit brand's advertising campaign.

Printed by Robert Frères, Nantes.

Referenced in Herscher #66.

Dimensions :
- Height : 20,5 cm
- Width : 18 cm