Automobiles Brasier - Societe Le Trefle a Quatre Feuilles, 1906
By the time this wild, swirling automobile poster was printed in 1906, Leonetto Cappiello had already taken Paris by storm. In six short years, Cappiello had nearly 120 posters under his belt, many of them classics. The artist had recast the poster world of Cheret, Lautrec and Mucha into his own world of shocking characters and unforgettable metaphors. In this explosive image, the volume is turned up all the way, with unprecedented kaleidoscopic color conveying the rush of hurtling down an open road. It was impossible to miss this firestorm of a poster on the boulevards, and even today its unrestrained palette makes it stand out in Cappiello's oeuvre. It is a poster you build a room around.
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Cappiello, Leonetto
46.2 x 61.2 inches (117 x 155 cm)
Lithograph
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Inventory #FRC20623
KEYWORDS:
automobile/car
large
1900s
auto
Cappiello Style
France
red
yellow
green
blue
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