#rolling papers

Modiano. 1933. Franz Lenhart.

39 1/8 x 55 in./99.3 x 139.6 cm

For the Modiano brand of prefabricated rolling paper tubes, Lenhart plays us an engaging optical game of silhouettes: the black outfit of the Garbo-like femme fatale like a cutout against the green background, the blouse and the hand cut out in turn from the black; standing out from both, the warmly glowing face and the white cigarette. Most elegant! Born in Bavaria, Lenhart studied in Italy and settled there permanently in 1922 to work and teach.

Available at Auction June 26.

Modiano. ca. 1932. Tibor Polya.

36 7/8 x 49 in./93.7 x 124.5 cm

Modiano brand Italian cigarette papers, from a company founded by a Greek Jew in Trieste named Saul Modiano, are here promoted in Hungary by Tibor Polya, many of whose noncommercial works hang in the Hungarian National Gallery.

Available at auction February 25, 2018.

Ill blow it in your face, idc.