Le Sourire - Au Coq d'Or - 1930 Original Magazine Illustration RefPO#08 After serving in the Italian

After serving in the Italian Army during the First World War

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such as curvy lines and ornamentation

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Le Sourire - Au Coq d'Or - 1930 Original Magazine Illustration RefPO#08 After serving in the ItalianThis illustration was designed by M. Pepin in 1930 for French Le Sourire magazine. Le Sourire or "the Smile" was a French satirical journal that featured top notch artistic talent. It was published in Paris on the Boulevard Saint Germain. The journal first appeared in 1899 and ran until the final year of the Great War. Each issue included sixteen pages of large illustrations plus a color cover. Particulars: This lithographic print is from an original