La Vie Parisienne - Un Nuage de Poudre - April 1927 Original Magazine Cover Print RefPO#08 the leading publisher of original

the leading publisher of original French prints during the late nineteenth century

This print is a part of Album de Sem published in Paris in 1902

with accompanying descriptions advising their use - the Cuneiforme letters would suit a tobacconist or bar

Polka Drolique

an American painter and lithographer

La Vie Parisienne - Un Nuage de Poudre - April 1927 Original Magazine Cover Print RefPO#08 the leading publisher of originalFounded in 1863, La Vie Parisienne was originally designed to appeal to the upper classes, offering literary pieces, society gossip and articles about the arts. It also featured the work of immensely talented artists like Georges Barbier, Gerda Wegener, Chri Hrouard, Georges Lonnec, Maurice Milliere. The artwork was considered risqu, even erotic (think early porn for the intellectual). Georges Lonnec did some great illustrations for La Vie Parisienne.