This fabulous French illustration is from the famed Maxim's restaurant in Paris. It is actually a jacket for a menu that is inside, behind the jacket that is floating inside the framing. I have only been able to find the image in my research, without the names written below of each character. Dimensions are of framed piece.
Georges Goursat, aka SEM, who was born in Perigueux in 1863, and died in Paris in 1934, was one of the most characteristic painters of the Belle Epoque. Maxim's restaurant was one of the favourite places of this fierce cartoonist, who knew better than anyone how to reveal the personality and vanities of the great and the good, in a few pencil lines. His work includes countless drawings, sketched from life at Maxim's, where Sem found an endless source of inspiration in the regular customers.


Condition:
Alterations: Original Condition Unaltered
Imperfections: Some Imperfections
Condition Notes: Excellent - Minor wear consistent with age and history

Origin:
France

Materials & Techniques:
Glass, Paper, Wood

Details:
What type of item is it? Vintage / Antique / Used
Country of Origin: France
Art Subjects: Fashion, Figure, Interiors
Frame Type: Framed

Original Condition Unaltered; Some Imperfections; Excellent - Minor wear consistent with age and history