Illustrated advertising notepad for Gitanes cigarettes, with a humorous advertisement for Coronitas cigars on the reverse. Printed on both sides of thick card with typical post-war graphics, signed Atelier Leé . The slogan "Qui m'aime me suive" (Follow me if you love me) reinforces the brand's popular and playful tone, while the graphic composition blends typographic modernism with exotic imagery. The blank interior is printed with "Cigares Diplomates" (Diplomat Cigars) on the first page.
✦ Origin: France, French Tobacco Monopoly ✦ Period: Circa 1940 ✦ Dimensions: 9.5 × 6 cm ✦ Material: Cardboard printed on both sides, ✦ Condition: Good overall condition, slight signs of wear, minor oxidation traces
A fine example of post-war advertising combining graphic charm and popular humor, highly prized by collectors of tobacco advertisements or lovers of French illustration from the 1940s.
