?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
LEONETTO CAPPIELLO (1875-1942)
COGNAC PELLISSON. 1907.
47x31½ inches, 119½x80 cm. Vercasson, Paris. Condition B+: minor repaired tears, creases, abrasions and slight bleaching in margins; small loss at lower left edge; minor creases and abrasions in image. Mounted on Chartex.
"Here, Cappiello is in his element, stunning us with a visual shock: the sheer incongruity of a red-headed imp carrying a monstrous barrel is bound to catch us off-balance" (Wine Spectator 167). This is the smaller version. Wines & Spirits p. 57, Memoire de La Rue 112, Cappiello / Rennert 121, Wine Spectator 168.
