An original 1936 printed Chromolith poster signed in the place. The poster is in great condition. (a few creases in the upper right corner). We can see the basin of Apollo in the foreground under a magnificent blue sky. The Palace of Versailles appears following an alley of greenery.
Art design by Maurice Millière (1871-1946), a French artist who’s best known for having been one of the creators of "The Smiling Parisian". In late eighteenth-century Paris, however, these age-old conventions changed, reflecting broader transformations in the way people expressed their feelings. This allowed the emergence of the modern smile par excellence: the open-mouthed smile which, while highlighting physical beauty and expressing individual identity, revealed white teeth. It was a transformation linked to changing patterns of politeness, new ideals of sensibility, shifts in styles of self-presentation - and, not least, the emergence of scientific dentistry. These changes seemed to usher in a revolution, a revolution in smiling. Yet if the French revolutionaries initially went about their business with a smile on their faces, the Reign of Terror soon wiped it off. Only in the twentieth century would the white-tooth smile re-emerge as an accepted model of self-presentation.
Dimensions: 31”x24”(after removing the extra white space - Approx 1300-1400Pcs