And a Kiss

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A group of cheerful sex workers haggles with a street seller over fruit.

Two for three sous, will that do? and a kiss to seal the bargain.

Artist

Name:: Steinlen, Théophile-Alexandre
Dates:: 1859-1923
Countries:: France, Switzerland

Illustration

Subject:: Narratives
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: The Getty Research Institute, The Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Dans la vie
Authors:: Sainte-Croix, Camille de; Steinlen, Théophile-Alexandre
Publisher:: Paris: H. Piazza et Cie., 1901
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A group of cheerful sex workers haggles with a street seller over fruit. This illustration was first published in the Gil Blas illustré.

The caption reads in the original French: Deux pour trois sous, ça vous va-t-il ? Et un baiser, par-dessus le marché…

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