LEONETTO CAPPIELLO (1875-1942) LA BAULE LES PINS. 1926.
59x39 1/4 inches, 150x99 3/4 cm. Devambez, Paris.
Condition B+: replaced lower left corner; repaired tears in margins; repaired tears, creases, foxing and overpainting in image; creases and abrasions along vertical and horizontal folds; light time-staining at edges.
"To advertise the seaside resort . . . Cappiello shows us a cluster of frolicking bathing beauties. The design contains a rather unusual element for Cappiello - a light paper background, against which the vividly colored bathers sprint to life. No doubt, the only appropriate shading for a beach, but unusual for Cappiello nonetheless" (Cappiello / Rennert p. 272). We have not found another auction record since 1998. Cappiello / Rennert 439. rare.