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LEONETTO CAPPIELLO, Kub- $60,000
LEONETTO CAPPIELLO (1875-1942) Kub. 1931 Size 78 1/2 x 50 7/8 in./199.8 x 129.3 cm Condition A. Framed. “When this poster first appeared on the streets of Paris in 1931, it had as much shock value as Édouard Manet’s unapologetic Olympia....Nothing so bold or graphically aggressive had ever been done in advertising. It was, and remains, a revolutionary poster, pushing the medium to a new level of compositional directness and intensity” (Crouse/Deco, p. 211). Price Est: $25000-$30000 Auction LXIV, 176 September 21, 2014, Cond: A, Sold: $60,000
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