La Vie Parisienne - Les Oiseaux du Bois - 1921 Original Magazine Illustration RefPO#08 drinking wine

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This original 1920 lithographic print is professionally framed in a modern orange plastic frame with a blue passe-partout

marbling and graining

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A very bold and impactul graphic design

La Vie Parisienne - Les Oiseaux du Bois - 1921 Original Magazine Illustration RefPO#08 drinking wineFounded 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). A. Valle did some great illustrations for La Vie Parisienne. Just