At the feet of a seductively reclined woman, half-empty wine bottles and glasses make clear her state of intoxication. A thin trail of smoke, forming the artist’s signature, unfurls from the tip of her lit cigarette, mirroring the curves of her twisted body. Until the 1920s, women smoking was considered a vulgar and dirty habit. Lawmakers claimed that “proper” ladies were offended by women smoking in public. Conconi capitalizes on the deviant association between women and cigarettes in his print. He invites viewers to become intoxicated by the sexual fantasy suggested by the subject’s pose and the hazy atmosphere.