Cercle National pour le Soldat de Paris

Paris: La Chromographie Française. Original poster. Color lithograph. 47.5 x 32.5 inches. This French poster advertises a club for soldiers garrisoned in Paris during World War One. The title translates as: 'National Club for the Soldiers of Paris'. Black text accompanies the image of two soldiers on a white background. One injured, with his arm in a sling, is being assisted by the second, who is gesturing towards two flying French tricolores in the top left corner. The wounded soldier wears the Croix de Guerre, a medal awarded for heroism in combat with the enemy. Job was the pseudonym of the French artist Jacques Marie Gaston Onfray de Breville (1858-1931). (truncated) Good condition, with original folds as issued, some abrasions, scuffs and folds to edges. Mounted on linen. (Inventory #: 261516)