27th May, 2020 10:30 GMT/BST

Fans and Fancies - Online Only

 
  Lot 4195
 

4195

Three 20th Century Cocktail Advertising Fans, two after the illustrator Guiseppe Riccobaldi, around

Three 20th Century Cocktail Advertising Fans, two after the illustrator Guiseppe Riccobaldi, around 1935, the third after A M Cassandre. The first fan, recto/verso is yellow, with the character of a round-headed man pointing to the word "Martini" and holding a glass, and is also marked "Vermouth. Printed by VOX PARIS. The second fan is similar with a blue background to the recto but with "Aperitif ROSSI a la Gentiane" against a red background to the verso. The third fan By Cassandre, advertises recto/verso "DUBO DUBON DUBONNET, vin Tonique au Quinquina" against a dull red ground, a stylised male in a bowler hat seated at a table preparing his drink, "à l'eau avec un peu de cassis ou un zeste de citron". Printed by Chambrelent. Overall lengths: 8.5 inches or 21.5cm; 9.5 inches or 24cm and 9.5 inches or 24cm (3)

Cassandre was born as Adolphe Jean-Marie Mouron on January 24, 1901, in Kharkov, Ukraine. Of French parents, he eventually settled in Paris in 1915. He was interested in cubism and surrealism. The "Dubo Dubon Dubonnet" was designed to be read from a fast-moving vehicule. Riccobaldi (1887-1976), a futurist, was best known for his work on travel, marketing and industrial posters

Sold for £40
Estimated at £50 - £70


 

. All three fans are dusty, the first being relatively clean and crisp, the second creased on the folds and outer edges creased, the last fan having some loss to the leaf to the edges and bottom border.

 


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