Marie-Lou Chatel - 1910 THEY WERE ALL SMOKING MISSOURI

Marie-Lou Chatel - 1910 They Were All Smoking, Missouri

Certified and numbered artwork (See photos).

49x40 cm with the mat and 35x23 cm with the photo.

Brand new

Sold without a frame.

1910 They Were All Smoking, Missouri by Marie-Lou Chatel revisits a historical photograph by Lewis Hine taken in Saint Louis in 1910. The image shows three young news vendors smoking in the street, powerfully capturing the harshness of American child labor. Restored and colorized, the scene gains a contemporary presence while preserving its documentary character. Between innocence, precarity, and rebellion, the work offers a striking testimony on early 20th-century America in transition.

Original photos of the artwork for sale Artwork stored flat under a plastic sleeve in a non-smoking area.

The artwork will be packaged flat and shipped with care.

Marie-Lou Chatel belongs to the tradition of documentary and artistic photography, in a universe that evokes the work of great names such as Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Capa, Elliott Erwitt, Annie Leibovitz, Helmut Newton or Robert Mapplethorpe. Through restoration and colorization of historical images, she brings the past back to life and creates a bridge between photography, memory, and contemporary art, recalling how Andy Warhol, Banksy, or Basquiat reinterpreted the images and symbols of their era.