1897
Morphinomaniac
Eugène GrassetSwiss, 1841 - 1917
Grasset seems to have based this frightening image of a crazed drug addict on a woodcut by Utamaro depicting a much-loved pair in Japanese folklore—Yamauba, a woman abandoned in the wilds (always identifiable by an unruly mane of dark hair), and her burly son, Kintaro.
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