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Leonetto Cappiello — Menu Page (Angelus: Liqeur des Salésiens de Dom Bosco)
Leonetto Cappiello

Menu Page (Angelus: Liqeur des Salésiens de Dom Bosco)

1911

This color lithograph by Leonetto Cappiello serves as a menu page advertising Angelus, a liqueur produced by the Salesians of Don Bosco, a Catholic religious congregation. Cappiello, renowned for his pioneering contributions to poster art and commercial design in the early twentieth century, employs his signature bold typography and vibrant chromatic palette to create an eye-catching promotional work. The piece exemplifies the Italian artist's masterful ability to merge functional graphic design with aesthetic sophistication, characteristics that made him one of the most influential commercial artists of his era.

Medium
Color lithograph

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Leonetto Cappiello, Menu Page (Angelus: Liqeur des Salésiens de Dom Bosco), 1911

This color lithograph by Leonetto Cappiello serves as a menu page advertising Angelus, a liqueur produced by the Salesians of Don Bosco, a Catholic religious congregation. Cappiello, renowned for his pioneering contributions to poster art and commercial design in the early twentieth century, employs his signature bold typography and vibrant chromatic palette to create an eye-catching promotional work. The piece exemplifies the Italian artist's masterful ability to merge functional graphic design with aesthetic sophistication, characteristics that made him one of the most influential commercial artists of his era.

Medium
Color lithograph
Year
1911
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Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Menu illustration, Liqueur marketing, Commercial Art, Lithography, Art Nouveau, Early 20th Century, Italian Artist, Decorative typography, Elegant Aesthetic, Advertisement design

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Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, Cleveland Museum of Art