Legation Cigarettes

China, 1930s

32 x 22 in (81 x 56 cm)

ID #FF20D-PK16-L-02

Promoting Legation 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.

Artist: Ni Zhongye

Condition: Fair, considering age

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

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