Théophile Alexandre STEINLEN (1859-1923 )La Rue à Paris (Le peuple souverain écope), project of illustrationPen , Indian ink and blue pencil. 32,5 x 27,5 cmSigned at the bottom left; Inscription in ink and pen at the top: " La Rue à Paris/Le peuple souverain écope)/- Ne faisons pas les fiers/- NE NOUS MONTONS PAS LE COU ". Inscription in ink and pen at the bottom: "Paris or St Petersburg it is all the same tobacco". This work is probably a reference to the demonstrations that shook Paris and St. Petersburg in 1902.