Aug 02, 2006 - Sale 2085

Sale 2085 - Lot 367

Price Realized: $ 920
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
LEONETTO CAPPIELLO COGNAC PELLISSON. 1907.
63x45 3/4 inches. Vercasson, Paris.
Condition A-: large crease in image. Framed.
A young man dressed in yellow, with red hair and a green cravat, staggers under the weight of an enormous vat of cognac; lettering in yellow. "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). Cappiello 121, Wines & Spirits p. 57, Memoire de la Rue 112.