Femina.

Artist: ANONYMOUS
Size: 38 1/8 x 60 3/4 in./97 x 154.2 cm
Condition: B-/ Slight tears and stains at folds.
Printer: Lit. Mateu, Madrid
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Key Words: Art Nouveau; Spain; Animals; Dogs; Literary; Fashion

Femina.
The French have always been role models for high-end fashion with their undefinable aura of effortless class, and this bourgeois Spanish woman has fallen under the spell. Dressed to the nines on a stroll with her elegant greyhound, she's picked up the latest issue of Femina, a Parisian women's magazine that covered leisure activities, fashion, literature, and art. It was quite the feminist publication: in 1903, they dedicated an entire issue to female artists at the 1903 Salon, and the illustrations and cover were all drawn by women. In 1909, when the Académie Française proposed electing female members, Femina asked its readers to nominate 40 women writers to constitute an imaginary female academy, who were then featured in the magazine. Unfortunately, the Académie did not elect its first woman until 1980.