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MISTI (FERDINAND MIFLIEZ) GEORGE BESANCON. 1898.

22x29 1/2 inches. Paillard, Paris.
Condition A-: light vertical and horizontal folds; repaired tears.
A campaign poster for the Paris legislature at the end of the 19th century, featuring a bright yellow sun shining on a woman with brown hair, her face outlined in orange and shaded in blue, holding a sign promoting the candidate. In the background a blue balloon is rising over a blue silhouette of Montmartre (the Moulin Rouge and Sacre Couer are both visible), an indication of the candidate's experience and the arrondisment he is hoping to win. Villard / Allen pl. 17.

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