Charles Loupot 1892–1962 St. Raphaël (Exceptionally rare vintage poster)
Caption Brief: Loupot launched into work for St. Raphaël Quinquina (an apéritif in red and white varieties) with a series of four posters using these two characters: a portly waiter in red, and a taller, thinner waiter in white. In the first of the series, the characters are floating high above a Chagall-esque Paris; in the second, they're leaning back, at rest in a café; this one, the third, is the first in which they are reduced to pure Cubist abstractions. "Compared with the two previous posters, it could be said to be a call to order" (Loupot/Zagrodzki, p. 104).
1938
62½ h × 47 w in (159 × 119 cm)
Imp. Courbet, Paris
Provenance: Collection of William Crouse
Exhibited: Art Deco: Commercializing the Avant-Garde, 28 September 2023 - 25 February 2024, Poster House, New York | Art Deco: The Golden Age of Illustration, 31 August 2025 - 29 March 2026, Sarasota Art Museum, Florida
Condition: Cond B+: with creases, some with cracking to ink, touch-ups, repaired tears and wear to fold lines. Dimensions provided are of sight; work has not been examined out of frame. Framed behind acrylic measuring 67.75 × 52.25 × 1.5 inches.
Literature: The Art Deco Poster, Crouse, p. 193; Loupot/Zagrodzki, 105; Loupot/Lyon, p. 82; Loupot/Forney, 52; PAI-LXXXVII, 367
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Caption Brief: Loupot launched into work for St. Raphaël Quinquina (an apéritif in red and white varieties) with a series of four posters using these two characters: a portly waiter in red, and a taller, thinner waiter in white. In the first of the series, the characters are floating high above a Chagall-esque Paris; in the second, they're leaning back, at rest in a café; this one, the third, is the first in which they are reduced to pure Cubist abstractions. "Compared with the two previous posters, it could be said to be a call to order" (Loupot/Zagrodzki, p. 104).
1938
62½ h × 47 w in (159 × 119 cm)
Imp. Courbet, Paris
Provenance: Collection of William Crouse
Exhibited: Art Deco: Commercializing the Avant-Garde, 28 September 2023 - 25 February 2024, Poster House, New York | Art Deco: The Golden Age of Illustration, 31 August 2025 - 29 March 2026, Sarasota Art Museum, Florida
Condition: Cond B+: with creases, some with cracking to ink, touch-ups, repaired tears and wear to fold lines. Dimensions provided are of sight; work has not been examined out of frame. Framed behind acrylic measuring 67.75 × 52.25 × 1.5 inches.
Literature: The Art Deco Poster, Crouse, p. 193; Loupot/Zagrodzki, 105; Loupot/Lyon, p. 82; Loupot/Forney, 52; PAI-LXXXVII, 367
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