Feu d'amour: Seductive Smoke by Michael Koetzle & Uwe Scheid
8vo. pp. 96. b/w photo illustrations. bibliography. hardcover. [Koln]: Benedict Taschen, [1994].
First Edition.
New.
ISBN-10: 3822890413 / ISBN-13: 9783822890417
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In the early 20th century, smoking was for men. If a woman smoked, she was considered daring, and the blue haze gave her an aura of the erotic. This album prints photographs on this subject, and the introduction explores the cultural history of smoking, not forgetting its erotic implications.