MUCHA, Alphonse
(b. 1860, Ivancice, d. 1939, Praha)

Poster design for Moët & Chandon champagne

1899
Ink and watercolour on paper, 681 x 277 mm
Muzeum Narodowe, Warsaw

While working for Sarah Bernhardt, Mucha made posters for commercial firms, including those for Job (1898) and Moët et Chandon (1899). He also designed a large number of stamps, vignettes, calendars, illustrations, and 'decorative panels', a lithographic type developed for Mucha (e.g. Morning Awakening, 1899).