Étrennes (New Year’s Gifts)
In the 1920s, automobiles increasingly took over the streets. In this etching, an almost untold number of cars are parked near the Grands Magasins du Louvre department store in Paris. The facade of the building is festively illuminated with costumed figures floating above the city of light. Electric lighting heightened the appeal of the street as a place to linger.
Lodewijk Willem van Kooten