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1897 61 h × 41⅛ w in (155 × 104 cm)
estimate: $20,000–26,000
result: $17,640
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One of the world's most famous posters, this piece was commissioned to promote the historic breweries of the Meuse River Valley, as competition and corporate consolidation led to closures by the end of the 19th century. Above, our beer-maiden leans in, hops and wheat and poppies in her wild tendrils of hair. Below, on the left, the town of Bar-le-Duc, capital of the Meuse département; on the right, Les Caves du Roi, Sèvres, where a major brewery is located—both in grayscale, as if to define the difference between beer-as-business, and beer as wild-lush-delight-of-the-gods.
Imp. F. Champenois, Paris
This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.