This image is a rare silent film poster for the 1919 movie Opium. (A trailer for Opium is available on YouTube.) Text on the poster is “Opium. Ein monumental Filmwerk in 6 Akten. Regie Robert Reinert.” There is a detailed synopsis of the movie here. According to this page and confirmed by the signature at upper left, the poster artist was Theo Matejko.
Image provenance by Bacchus at Erosblog.
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Hookah and bliss
This artwork is A Voluptuous Smoke by French artist Charles Édouard Delort. This page gives an 1867 date for the work, and says it was offered for sale in a Christie’s auction in 1988. A bit more information about Delort is available here.
Image provenance by Bacchus at Erosblog.