Laughing with Pierre-Georges Jeanniot

This fabulous pair of artist's print proofs for the French satirical magazine Le Rire bring us the colour, opulence and acerbic wit of the Belle Epoque. A close friend of Edgar Degas, Pierre-Georges Jeanniot (1848–1934) was especially known for his depictions of bourgeois Paris society. He was a very successful illustrator—including for the works of Maupassant, Zola, Molière and Balzac.

Lithograph with gouache

Stock numbers KB-194 and KB-195