Ah dame! Si j'aurais une femme comme ça moi non plus jen'vendrais pas d'journaux – Vintage Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Ah dame! Si j'aurais une femme comme ça moi non plus jen'vendrais pas d'journaux, preserved in this historic drawing. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Ah dame! Si j'aurais une femme comme ça moi non plus jen'vendrais pas d'journaux
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A newspaper seller stands distracted in this French cartoon, his stock forgotten because a woman has caught his eye. The caption, "Oh boy! If I had a woman like you I wouldn't sell newspapers anymore!", is a playful joke about flirtation, and the drawing is signed by Jacques Villon and dated 1904. Villon, who later became a leading figure in Cubism, was then producing humorous illustrations for French periodicals, and this sheet shows his early skill with quick ink line and loose gray wash. Street vendors were a familiar subject in the illustrated press of the period.
| Created / published | 1904 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : India ink and gray wash over pencil on drawing board ; 50 x 37 cm. (sheet) |
| Genre | Cartoons (Commentary) French 1900-1910.Drawings French 1900-1910.Periodical illustrations French 1900-1910. |
| Notes | Inscribed below image: Vt. d'[?] No. 19 premier une page. No copyright information found with item. Signed, lower right: Jacques Villon / 04. Title inscribed below image. Title translates: Oh boy! If I had a woman like you I wouldn't sell newspapers anymore! Bequest and gift; Caroline and Erwin Swann; 1974; (DLC/PP-1974:232.1233) |
| Subjects | Newspaper vendors--France--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,160 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-156806 |
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