Description
Stunning Alphonse Mucha – Vin Des Incas is an excellent, detailed, and bold-toned design with a medical and historical subject created using a wooden board design from the vintage mid-century era.
Vintage condition with authentic ageing and original patina.
Vin des Incas. 1897.
“Vin des Incas was… a coca-based potion sold in pharmacies with the vague medicinal claim that it helps ‘convalescents.’ Mucha shows an ancient Indian paying obeisance to a luscious goddess. Both wear feathered headdresses, and the atmosphere is a languorous tropical idyll.”
The poster is an Art Nouveau-style advertisement for Coca wine. It depicts an ancient Indian paying homage to an Inca goddess. The poster was originally seven feet long and almost three feet high, but a smaller version was also produced for collectors. It features Mucha’s signature “macaroni” hair treatment.
Lithograph
The lithograph depicts an Inca man asking the goddess for coca, but she refuses and instead holds a bottle of coca wine for herself. The lithograph includes Art Nouveau-style foliate decoration, such as coca leaves in the goddess’s earrings.
| Period | 1960 to 1969 |
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| Production Period | Unknown |
| Style | American, Illustration, Victorian, Art Nouveau |
| Detailed Condition |
Very Good This vintage/antique item has no defects, but it may show slight traces of use. |
| Restoration and Damage Details |
Light wear consistent with age and use, Patina consistent with age and use
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| Product Code | AVR-2154995 |
| Materials | Woodblock print, Wood |
| Color | Multicolored |
| Width |
76 cm 29.9 inch |
| Depth |
1 cm 0.4 inch |
| Height |
38 cm 15.0 inch |
| Duties Notice | Import duty is not included in the prices you see online. You may have to pay import duties upon receipt of your order. |
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