Aug 05, 2021 - Sale 2577

Sale 2577 - Lot 178

Price Realized: $ 688
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000

FRANCISCO TAMAGNO (1851-1933)

LIQUEUR COINTREAU / ANGERS. Circa 1898.


49x36 3/4 inches, 124 1/2x93 1/4 cm. Paul Dupont, Paris.
Condition B-: replaced loss in central right image, including tax stamp; replaced losses, repaired tears, creases and overpainting in margins and image and along vertical and horizontal folds.

In 1898, Cointreau started their own in-house advertising studio, and hired Tamagno to design their "Pierrot Cointreau" mascot. An affiliate of the Lumiere Brothers featured the Pierrot character in the first ever film commercial. Drink 134 (var).