1940s Original Oversize French Poster - Sable du Mans Ephemera Cassandre received his first commission

Cassandre received his first commission for a large poster from the Paris furniture store Au Bucheron in 1923

often depicting the life of working people

and bears the tax stamp of the French Republic of 1933

Artist: Walther

He was so ambitious that he even approached Giacomo Puccini

1940s Original Oversize French Poster - Sable du Mans Ephemera Cassandre received his first commissionDate: 1940s Size: 46 x 63. 5 inches Artist: Cotto This original retro mid century modern poster is vintage advertising for the shortbread cookies of an old French company, Sable du Mans. Wikipedia, the source of all arcane cookie related knowledge, informs us that "the sable was a cookie created for the first time in 1670, in a town called Sabl sur Sarthe. The French word sable means "sand": at the beginning of the recipe, the baker rubs cold butter