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Leonetto Cappiello, Tobacciana Advertising Poster, "Je ne Fume que le Nil"
Lot 3172

Leonetto Cappiello, Tobacciana Advertising Poster, "Je ne Fume que le Nil"

Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500
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Leonetto Cappiello (Italian, 1875-1942), "Je Ne Fume Que Le Nil", Papier A Cigarettes, Joseph Bardou & Fils, circa 1912, lithographic advertising poster in colors; [approximate dimensions - sight: 43" H x  59 5/8" W ]; signed in plate lower right; printed by Vercasson, Paris, with name and address in margin and logo above the word "Papier"; framed.

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Recently professionally reframed with UV coated plexi glass.  [Approximate dimensions - frame: 53 3/4" H x 70 1/4" W]. Overall good condition, some creasing likely from printing process, scattered lighter areas of discoloration vertically through center (including mouth), small minor abrasion in upper right corner.  Ask Fine Art Department for additional photographs.

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[By repute]: From the estate of an art and antique collector in the Hamilton Apartment Building in San Francisco.

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