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The Illustrated Hour · Paris · 1915
The Opium Smoker
George Barbier · Fantasio, 1915
What it is
A George Barbier plate for the Paris magazine Fantasio: a woman reclining with an opium pipe, drawn in the high Art Deco line.
Why it matters
Barbier was the great stylist of the pochoir age; his magazine work carried the decadent mood of the 1910s salon to a mass readership, suggestion doing the work of exposure.
What to notice
The whole plate is pattern — the textiles, the smoke, the pose all resolve into one decorative rhythm.
Languor, drawn as ornament.
The record
- Maker
- George Barbier
- Source work
- Fantasio, 1915
- Medium
- Illustration
- Era
- Paris · 1915
- Published
- 1915
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (published 1930 or earlier). Gated on the work’s own publication year. Cleared by the-private-case-registry on 2026-07-17.
Format
The full-resolution, colour-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.
Sized to protect print quality — this scan's resolution doesn't clear our floor for a physical print, so this piece is offered as a digital download only.
Size
$29.00