SOLPA - c.1930
SOLPA - c.1930
“Viennese Sausages”
Signed “Hella ARNO”
Rare original lithographed advertising card. 47.6 x 26.6 cm. “Created by P. Even, Metz”
In very fine condition—
The colors are splendid, retaining their original brilliance perfectly. Very subtle minor imperfections.
SOLPA (Société Lorraine de Produits Alimentaires), located in Homécourt,
grew out of a family-owned butcher shop founded by Charles Pierre in 1908; The company entered the canning business in 1927 at the Pâquis site, before becoming SOLPA in 1930.
A true industrial flagship employing up to 600 workers at the dawn of World War II, it was acquired by Herta in 1959.
After a period of major expansion, the company filed for bankruptcy in 1979.
HELLA ARNO (1904–2000): Born Hélène SPITZER (later Hélène ARNOLD), this renowned Strasbourg-based poster artist established herself as early as the 1920s as a pioneer of advertising art.
Meurthe-et-Moselle/Grand Est
SOLPA - c.1930
“Viennese Sausages”
Signed “Hella ARNO”
Rare original lithographed advertising card. 47.6 x 26.6 cm. “Created by P. Even, Metz”
In very fine condition—
The colors are splendid, retaining their original brilliance perfectly. Very subtle minor imperfections.
SOLPA (Société Lorraine de Produits Alimentaires), located in Homécourt,
grew out of a family-owned butcher shop founded by Charles Pierre in 1908; The company entered the canning business in 1927 at the Pâquis site, before becoming SOLPA in 1930.
A true industrial flagship employing up to 600 workers at the dawn of World War II, it was acquired by Herta in 1959.
After a period of major expansion, the company filed for bankruptcy in 1979.
HELLA ARNO (1904–2000): Born Hélène SPITZER (later Hélène ARNOLD), this renowned Strasbourg-based poster artist established herself as early as the 1920s as a pioneer of advertising art.
Meurthe-et-Moselle/Grand Est
