Slavia

Slavia, Alfons Mucha
Alphonse Mucha, Public domain

The woman with loose hair for the Czech insurance company Slavia.

Mucha was Czech and made the poster for Slavia, a Czech insurance company.

The woman became a symbol of the company and appears in its advertising. The style is a later variant of his ideal from Paris.

Materials: Colour lithograph on paper

Manufacture: Printed as a colour lithograph in Prague in 1908.

The woman with wild hair and her eyes cast down.

The decorated ring behind her head.

The text Slavia and the company’s name in large type.