Tavik Frantisek Simon (1877-1942) was a Czech painter, etcher, and woodcut artist. He traveled extensively, painting images of his travels, most notably of Prague, New York, and Paris. Simon's style was strongly influenced by the French Impressionists and Japanese printmaking techniques. This colored etching depicts a typical Parisian street scene with book vendors along the Quai des Grands-Augustins. Signed in pencil by the artist at lower right. His unique monogram (initials TFS in the form of a Japanese character) is both in the etching and in the margin at lower left. According to the Catalogue Raisonné of the Graphic Art - T.F. Simon compiled by Arthur Novak in 1937, Simon printed only 250 of these etchings.

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