A sleeping woman rests within a pointed arch of poppies

A woman with wavy copper-blonde hair sleeps with her head resting on her folded hands, seated within a pointed Gothic arch bordered by pink poppies and rosebuds. Behind her, a full pale moon glows above a row of dark, slender cypress trees in a sage-green landscape. She wears a pale, ruffled gown that falls in soft folds around her. Signed Mucha, 99 at the lower right; part of a decorative panel series, 1899.

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.