🟨 Régie Française – Art Deco Cigarette Poster by Stéphane Paternot (c. 1930s)

Step into the golden smoke-filled lounges of 1930s Paris with this arresting Régie Française cigarette advertisement. Designed in the unmistakable Art Deco style, this minimalist masterpiece is the work of graphic designer Stéphane Paternot, whose bold use of color and shape distilled modernity into its purest form.

Three geometric profiles—each rendered in rich shades of ochre, crimson, and burnt umber—puff rhythmically on stylized cigarettes, creating a hypnotic visual rhythm. With a single plume of smoke wafting from the central figure, the composition blends elegance and abstraction into a distinctly French aesthetic that defined a generation of poster design.

💥 Highlights:

• Title: Cigarettes – Régie Française
• Artist: Attributed to Stéphane Paternot
• Date: Circa 1930s
• Movement: Art Deco / Modernist Poster Design
• Origin: France
• Style: Minimalist silhouettes, muted palette, bold sans-serif typography
• Purpose: Advertising for Régie Française, the French national tobacco monopoly

📋 Details:

• Perfect for: Art Deco collectors, modernist design fans, vintage advertising lovers, French cultural historians
• Display ideas: Smoking lounge, midcentury bar area, modernist hallway, vintage café corner
• Medium: Originally a lithograph poster (reproduced here as a high-quality print)

📢 Design Note:
The repetition of profiles mirrors industrial precision—an homage to machine-age aesthetics and the new rhythms of modern life.

⚡ Stylish. Stark. Très moderne.
Let this bold deco classic light up your wall with a puff of Parisian sophistication. 🚬🟥🟧🟨

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