This is a hand coloured and plate-signed pochoir from Gazette du Bon Ton (July 1914 edition No.7, Plate 70). Rare and delicate, many of the 1914-18 Barbier images that were produced survived in smaller numbers owing to the WWI. Barbier's mood is wistful and sentimental, perhaps his antidote to the realities of the impending Great War.
H.9.625in. X W.7.5in.; H.24.4cm. X W.19.1cm. |