Le Bossu Poster Style:France, c. 1900 Four trains emanate from a

Four trains emanate from a shrunken man in the center of the poster to create the shape of a butterfly

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Le Bossu Poster Style:France, c. 1900 Four trains emanate from aA comic poster of a grumpy hunchback (le bossu) with two floridly dressed soliders behind him. It was in the 1890s that the poster started being more widely recognized as form of artistic expression. The poster became an integral part of the cityscape during the Belle Epoque, turn of the century period in Europeits colorful, larger than life images both indispensible to advertising and a respected art form in itself. Printer: Emily Levy, Paris Year: