Brooklyn Museum : Catalogue. 1921.

ARTIST: ALPHONSE MUCHA (1860-1939) SIZE: 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 in./16.5 x 24 cm DESCRIPTION: This is the complete 20-page booklet created for Mucha’s exhibition of The Slav Epic at the Brooklyn Museum in 1921. On the title page is a hand-signed dedication to Count Khuen-Belasi dated January 19, 1921. Mucha met the Count around 1882 in southern Moravia; he was a struggling artist and drew portraits as a source of income. After seeing his work, the Count commissioned him to decorate his castle in Tyrol, and soon became Mucha’s first and most important patron. Of the exhibition itself, “The reaction of the public and art critics was as enthusiastic as it was in Chicago where the exhibition opened, and approximately 600,000 visitors came to see Mucha’s work” (Mucha/Art Nouveau, p. 324). (Art Nouveau; Artist: Mucha; Exhibitions; New York; Books)