[DOCUMENTS DECORATIFS / ANIMALS].

Two plates. 1902. Each approximately 18x12 inches. Librairie Centrale des Beaux-Arts. Condition varies, genreally A. Paper. Documents Decoratifs was a portfolio, consisting of 72 plates comprising an encyclopedia of Mucha's style, giving examples of his creations in the various fields of decorative arts and explaining his creative process. "It was Mucha's artistic creed... it was used for years by many art schools as a textbook and influenced a whole generation of artists" (Rennert/Weill p. 288). Rennert/Weill 79, Mucha, A47. Plates 35 and 60 in monochromatic shades of brown depicting decorative, repeating patterns of fish, rabbits, squirrels and birds.