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Leonetto Cappiello — 1906 French Art Deco Poster, La Cruz Del Campo Beers (1980's Re-issue)
Leonetto Cappiello — 1906 French Art Deco Poster, La Cruz Del Campo Beers (1980's Re-issue)
Leonetto Cappiello — 1906 French Art Deco Poster, La Cruz Del Campo Beers (1980's Re-issue)
Leonetto Cappiello

1906 French Art Deco Poster, La Cruz Del Campo Beers (1980's Re-issue)

1906

This vibrant chromolithographic poster captures Cappiello at the height of his inventive powers, presenting a jubilant, larger-than-life figure whose exuberant energy distills the spirit of Cruz del Campo, the celebrated Seville brewery, into a single electric image. The composition relies on Cappiello's signature technique of isolating a bold, animated character against a stark background, allowing color and gesture to do the work of an entire narrative. Warm, saturated tones and confident draftsmanship pull the eye immediately to the central figure, whose posture and expression suggest festivity, abundance, and the pleasures of Iberian culture. The result is a work that functions simultaneously as commercial persuasion and as a genuinely accomplished graphic design object. Originally created in 1906 and issued in this collector-friendly reprint edition during the 1980s, the poster represents an important chapter in the history of advertising art, a period when artists of serious ambition turned their skills toward the poster format and elevated it into a legitimate fine art medium. Cappiello, who became one of the most sought-after poster artists in Paris during the Belle Époque and beyond, brought an illustrator's wit together with a painter's formal sensibility, and both qualities are fully evident here. Measuring 99.1 by 69.9 cm and presented on paper with the artist's signature, this work is well-suited to collectors interested in the intersection of graphic history, Art Deco aesthetics, and the rich visual culture of early twentieth-century European commercial art.

Medium
Paper
Sheet
Signed
Yes
Location
L'Affichiste, Montréal, QC

For Sale — $655

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Leonetto Cappiello, 1906 French Art Deco Poster, La Cruz Del Campo Beers (1980's Re-issue), 1906

This vibrant chromolithographic poster captures Cappiello at the height of his inventive powers, presenting a jubilant, larger-than-life figure whose exuberant energy distills the spirit of Cruz del Campo, the celebrated Seville brewery, into a single electric image. The composition relies on Cappiello's signature technique of isolating a bold, animated character against a stark background, allowing color and gesture to do the work of an entire narrative. Warm, saturated tones and confident draftsmanship pull the eye immediately to the central figure, whose posture and expression suggest festivity, abundance, and the pleasures of Iberian culture. The result is a work that functions simultaneously as commercial persuasion and as a genuinely accomplished graphic design object. Originally created in 1906 and issued in this collector-friendly reprint edition during the 1980s, the poster represents an important chapter in the history of advertising art, a period when artists of serious ambition turned their skills toward the poster format and elevated it into a legitimate fine art medium. Cappiello, who became one of the most sought-after poster artists in Paris during the Belle Époque and beyond, brought an illustrator's wit together with a painter's formal sensibility, and both qualities are fully evident here. Measuring 99.1 by 69.9 cm and presented on paper with the artist's signature, this work is well-suited to collectors interested in the intersection of graphic history, Art Deco aesthetics, and the rich visual culture of early twentieth-century European commercial art.

Medium
Paper
Dimensions
sheet: 99.1 x 69.9 cm
Year
1906
Signed
Hand-signed by the artist
Seen at
L'Affichiste

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