"FLOWER" – 1897 – MUCHA, ALPHONSE - "Flower" and the sister piece "Fruit" are two rather somber faced ladies presented to us in a simple, straight forward design with a minimum of embellishments, which in this early period is a departure from Mucha's usual style. There is however a great delicacy and tenderness in the way he pays tribute to nature's bounty – the flower at there fullest bloom, the fruit at its ripest, the maidens themselves represent the finest flowing of womanhood.