Kiosk in Paris

Location

Country: France
City: Paris
Place: British Embassy

In this enchanting print, a newspaper kiosk, laden with magazines, journals and cards, captures the attention of two men, their backs turned away from us. The novel use of red, white and blue in the composition combined with the more obvious French magazine titles (Pour Vous and Mode), firmly place the scene on a Parisian street, where Lill Tschudi lived in the 1930s. Tschudi uses the graphic medium of linocutting to great effect, boldly emphasising the busy and tightly packed kiosk. 

Places

France, Paris

Subjects

newspaper, topography, genre, townscape/cityscape, man, vendor, kiosk

Materials & Techniques

linocut

Artist

Lill Tschudi (1911 - 2001)

Title

Kiosk in Paris

Edition

18/50

Date

Medium

Linocut

Acquisition

Purchased from Christie's, 26 October 1976

Inscription

tl: Lill Tschudi tr: 18/50

GAC number

12510