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Absinthe Ducros Fils, 1901

Cappiello's other absinthe hand, five years before the devil.

What

A second Cappiello absinthe commission, for the Ducros fils house — bold flat color, a single dramatic figure, the vocabulary he was still refining before it fully arrived on Maurin Quina.

Why

Ducros fils is unrelated to any modern spice company of similar name — this house is a dead absinthe mark, closed out by the bans.

Notice

The confidence already fully formed here — this is Cappiello five years before his most famous devil, and it barely looks like a rehearsal.

“One artist, two ghosts, the same green hour.”

Format

The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.

Sized to protect print quality — this scan supports sizes up to 27x41" cleanly.

Size

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$29.00

Provenance

The Lost — mark extinguished

Artist: Leonetto Cappiello
Printer: Vercasson & Cie, Paris
Country: France
Format: Poster (affiche)
Piece published: Absinthe Ducros fils — advertising poster, 1901
Source: Wikimedia Commons

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Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (piece published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the piece’s own publication year, never a brand’s founding year. Cleared by registry on 2026-07-16.

Ducros fils was extinguished by the absinthe bans of the 1910s. Everything sold here is the art, not the drink.