THEOPHILE-ALEXANDRE STEINLEN (1859-1923) LE JOURNAL / PARIS / PAR EMILE ZOLA. 1898. 54 1/4x76 1/2 inches, 138x194 1/4 cm. Charles Verneau, Paris. Condition B+ / B: vertical and horizontal folds; wrinkles, creases and abrasions in image; minor discoloration in image; minor loss in upper right corner. Two-sheets attached. Framed. "Paris was the third volume of Zola's great trilogy, Rome, London, Paris, and depicted such aspects of Parisian life as the political machinations of those in power and the squalor of the poor . . . [Steinlen] created a powerful political image with a mythic view of the capital, seething with corruption, violence, and lust" (Cate & Gill p. 126). It is one of Steinlen's largest posters. Bargiel & Zagrodzki 29, Crauzat 501, DFP-II 791, Wember 735, Cate & Gill p. 125.
