Large original watercolor and gouache in Art Deco spirit on paper laminated to cardboard 400 x 300 mm, signed in the drawing lower left.
Very good condition.
Handwritten legend in the lower part: - We only find adulterated coconut! - Ah!... where are the snows of yesteryear!...
This watercolor was reproduced in the weekly magazine Le Sourire, No. 713, 34th year, January 1, 1931 with a different caption:
- Why the profession of masseuse is Is he a little discredited, Madame Eliane? - Dear madam, we always confuse the one that touches the skin with the one that wears to the skin.
Fernand Couderc (? – around 1934), Member of the Humorists, mainly an advertising designer. In 1921, he failed the Civic Progress competition. He draws for the magazines: Pages Folles – Le Sourire – Paris-Plaisirs – Froufrou – Gens qui rits – Jean qui rit (ref. Dico-Solo, p. 141).
NB: The second photo presents the work reproduced in Le Sourire, it is only placed for information and the number will not be provided with the work.