A seated woman holds red poppies before rings of soft colour

A blonde woman with loose wavy hair sits with her eyes downcast, one leg drawn up, holding a stem of red poppies in her hand. A jeweled harness with a heart-shaped pendant crosses her chest over an orange-peach drape. Behind her, concentric rainbow-toned rings fill a circular medallion bordered by dotted gold-and-grey roundels; orange poppies fill the upper corners of the sheet. Signed Mucha, 98 at the lower right; part of a four-panel Arts series.

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.