Art Deco Shanghai Cigarette Advertisement

China, 1930s

32 x 22 in (81 x 56 cm)

ID #FF20D-PK16-L-03

"壹 第 烟 香" (Number 1 Tobacco Brand)

Promoting a popular brand of cigarettes, this original Art Deco print combines traditional Chinese painting with color lithography. This poster is emblematic of the economic boom of early 20th-century Shanghai, an international center of business and trade, and the heavy influence of the Art Deco movement on Eastern graphic design.

Condition: Poor, damage on the left side

250-500 advertisement art deco china cigarettes model original poster portrait poster shanghai size-32x22 tobacco vintage woman

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