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95
JOB. Circa 1895.
Paul Dupont, Paris.
593/4x431/4 inches.
- Notes: This previously unseen poster is a real discovery. We know that Jean Bardou, the owner of the Job Cigarette Paper Company was an art collector and that he always picked the best artists to design his advertising; hence a string of well known and loved posters for his company by Mucha, Cheret, Cappiello and even Lautrec (whose unpublished project can be seen in the Albi museum). These posters were printed in large numbers and had a large circulation, which makes it surprising to find a previously unrecorded poster, especially an extremely well-executed piece by such a prominent artist. Pal was certainly the most sensuous and daring artist working during the fin-de- siecle, so much so, that one has to wonder how he managed to escape the wrath of the censors of his day. Although in its extravagance his work can sometimes border on kitsch, this poster is clearly Pal at his best. A sensuous siren is reclining in an armchair in an elegant, low-cut dress, which is amply filled by her natural, largely visible, charms. She is smoking a cigarette that has been freshly rolled using Job rolling paper. Behind her a folding screen reproduces the Job paper packaging.
- Condition: Condition A-: unobtrusive vertical and horizontal folds; minor abrasions in image.
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