La Vie Parisienne - Samedi 17 Decembre 1921. Art Deco/Nouveau. Illustrations by Leo Fontan, Cheri Herouard, Pierre Lissac, Armand Vallee, Henry Fournier; others uncredited

Paris: La Vie Parisienne, 1921. First Edition . Illustrated Wraps. Near Fine. 13.75" x 10.5. Leo Fontan, Cheri Herouard, Pierre Lissac, Armand Vallee, Henry Fournier, others uncredited. Paris: La Vie Parisienne, 1921. The December 17, 1921 Issue (59e annee, No 51). Illustrations by Leo Fontan, Cheri Herouard, Pierre Lissac, Armand Vallee, Henry Fournier, others uncredited. Text in French. Illustrated wraps, folio (13.75" x 10.5"), 18 pp. About Near Fine - one of the better-preserved examples you'll see. Pencil notations at top of front cover, tiny slit at spine bottom, and only very nominal signs of handling otherwise. Sharp. See scans. Exceptional condition for this thin-but-large, fragile weekly. Glossy covers; first and last few internal pages are on newsprint, else all glossy. Rather spectacular full-page color illustrations (in every issue, in fact) by the coterie of guys who knew how to do what you see here. In the case of this issue, Leo Fontan, Cheri Herouard, Pierre Lissac, Armand Vallee, and Henry Fournier are credited, but some of the other (very credit-worthy) art is uncredited. See scans. Cute humor, from the same mood as mutoscope cards, or perhaps a bit (only a bit) more refined. Gentle titillation. Even the occasional partial nudity is rather tasteful and soft, though humorously flirtatious. All of the full page efforts are eminently frame-able, and at this time of a sensibility midway-evolved between nouveau and deco, as is much of the uncredited b&w illustration. An original - and of course first and only edition - of the 12/17/1921 issue of this memorable and long-lived French weekly offering of very soft, very artful light erotica. The captioned illustrations by the eminent "dessins" luminaries named above, and others in their clan, are what really "make" this issue (as was generally the case through the era), but cartoons, serial fiction and around-town pieces nicely compliment those. Gorgeous, oversized large color illustrations are what you collect these for. l-LNG1