Salomé, Alphonse Mucha | Mia

see object file for complete description of contents — Salomé, 1897
Alphonse Mucha
Color lithograph
The David Draper Dayton Fund and Gift of funds from the Print and Drawing Council P.98.22.8
Not on View
Fin-de-siècle Europe turned Salome into an obsession, parading her deadly dance in operas, ballets, poems, paintings, and more. (By one count, 82 percent of all Salome works date between 1860 and 1920.) Now characterized as poisonous and depraved, she was the perfect symbol of the culture's decadent mood and its new wariness of female power. Alphonse Mucha's Salome is erotic and exotic in her filmy costume and stylized hair, an Art Nouveau staple. Her half-closed eyes stare provocatively, reflecting Mucha's interest in the new field of hypnotic suggestion.

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Title: Salomé
Dated: 1897
Artist: Alphonse Mucha
Nationality: Czech
Artist Life: 1860 - 1939
Role: Artist
Gallery: Not on View
Department: European Art
Dimension: 16 3/4 x 12 5/8 in. (42.55 x 32.07 cm) (portfolio)
Credit: The David Draper Dayton Fund and Gift of funds from the Print and Drawing Council
Accession Number: P.98.22.8
Medium: Color lithograph
Country: Czechoslovakia
Century: 19th century
Provenance: (Thomas French Fine Art, Fairlawn, Ohio); sold to MIA, 1998.
Rights: No Copyright - United States
Classification: Prints
Object Name: Print
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Portfolio: From L'Estampe modern, Mai 1897-Avril 1899, Edmond-Francois Aman-Jean, et.al. (as issued in 24 parts Vol. 1, parts 1-12, Vol 2, parts 13-24; see object file for complete description of contents)
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