Peter J. Ketchum and KetchumArt

Affordable, Unusual and Graphically Contemporary Art: Paintings, Prints, Mixed Media and Sculpture.

GIRL WITH CIGAR AND PEONIES

GIRL WITH CIGAR AND PEONIES is an 8x6 limited edition, signed print on heavy paper. I used a found sepia photograph of a woman smoking a cigar. I am guessing very lat 1800s. I colorized and mounted the photo on an adaptation of old cigar box label. It shows medals for prize-winning tobacco hanging from pink ribbons and, for some reason, peonies (I think…) Note the tobacco workers in the background. There was an adage of the time that said, “A woman is a woman but a good cigar is a smoke.” Whatever, puff, puff. #cigar #cigarlover #cigarlabel #cigarnation #peony #smoke #smoking #tobacco #ketchumart #peterjketchum #artspanprints