Saturday, February 15, 2014

Alphonse Mucha's wife and the painting Woman in the Wilderness

animated gif showing a detail of Alphonse Mucha's painting Woman in the Wilderness, 1923 with a fading in photograph of his wife Maruška posing for the painting.
detail of Alphonse Mucha's painting Woman in the Wilderness, 1923 juxtaposed with the photograph of his wife Maruška posing for the painting.
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seen here


painting titled Woman in the Wilderness, 1923, oil on canvas by Alphonse Mucha
Woman in the Wilderness, 1923, oil on canvas, 201.5 x 299.5 cm (79.3" x 117.9")
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an attempt to show the scale of the painting




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