A woman with a sheet on her lap turns toward a man at a press wheel

A young man with tousled dark hair rests his chin on one hand, eyes lowered, his other arm on the spoked wheel of a printing press, with a row of stylized eye motifs in the arch behind him. Below, a bare-breasted woman with long wavy orange hair turns toward him with one hand raised, a large printed sheet resting on her lap. Loose printed sheets, including a portrait sketch, lie scattered at her feet, and a small bottle stands at the left. Decorative lettering across the top and sides advertises the Toulouse printing house Imprimerie Cassan Fils.

Alphonse Mucha (1860–1939) created the look of Art Nouveau almost overnight with his 1894 poster for Sarah Bernhardt's Gismonda. Through the following decade in Paris his theatre bills, advertising panels and decorative series — the Seasons, the Flowers, the Times of Day — set women in halos of stylised ornament, pale colour and flowing hair. He later devoted himself to the Slav Epic, a cycle of twenty monumental canvases. His work is held by the Mucha Museum in Prague and the Musée d'Orsay.

Printed as a museum-grade giclée on Hahnemühle fine art paper using 12-ink archival pigment printing. Available handframed in FSC-certified wood with optional float glass, or unframed. Ships worldwide with free delivery to 30+ countries.