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Salon des Cent, 20. Ausstellung by Alphonse Mucha

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Salon des Cent, 20. Ausstellung

1896 · Exhibition poster, color lithograph · Alphonse Mucha

An exhibition poster in which Mucha turns cultural publicity into an elegant emblem of event and style.

Year 1896
Medium Exhibition poster, color lithograph
Technique Color lithograph
Location Museum poster collections, archives, and private holdings
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Short object reading

Object note

This page stays close to the sheet itself: composition, historical setting, and the work's place in the archive.

Exhibition culture as image-making

This poster does more than announce an event. It translates the prestige of exhibition culture into a self-sufficient decorative image, balancing publicity with a strong authored visual identity.

Why it matters in Mucha’s print world

The Salon des Cent orbit is important because it places Mucha inside a wider network of magazines, exhibitions, and urban cultural display. These posters belong as much to modern media culture as to fine art history.

Place in the archive

It strengthens the site’s view of Mucha not just as a poster designer for commerce and theatre, but as an artist deeply involved in the public circulation of images.

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