One of the 511 artists who responded to the call for entries in the second international poster competition for an Argentine cigarette made of Cuban tobacco and named Paris was an Italian: Aleardo Villa. The theme given was Cigarrillos Paris Son Los Mejores (Paris Cigarettes are the Best). Villas award winning design is Art Nouveau at its dreamiest; half-undressed woman smoking langorously in a bed of flowers is a memorable, beautifully-executed design. Villa began to work for the Ricordi firm in Milan in 1896; his posters for the Mele department store, liqueurs and other products are fine examples of Art Nouveau, and he ranks among the best commercial artists of the female figure. His promising career was cut short by his suicide in 1906.
Giclee Prints are printed on heavy matte finish 180gsm German art paper using the finest Canon archival inks. Entry Level Art Prints are printed on 250Gsm satin paper. Quality Frame with a single white matboard and Acrylic glazing.
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Stretched Canvas is stretched by hand over 1.5" thick pine bars and printed on cotton poly matte finish canvas. Each is canvas hand coated with Hahnemuhle UV/Archive coating, these are Swiss quality best in industry canvases.
All our images are digitized from the original negative , printed and assembled in Switzerland to museum standards by our master printer.
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Artwork in this collection is from our own archives or licensed archives. Reproduction rights are reserved by the copyright owner. All of our prints' sizes refers to paper size. Our image sizes vary from image to image and respect the original ratio of the original poster. This means that there is a varying white border on all sides to keep the original ratio true to the original.
