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Bec-Kina, Apéritif des Sportifs, Mich, 1921

Three players hoist the fourth, and the fourth hoists the bottle.

What

A 1921 poster by Mich for Bec-Kina, the sportsman's apéritif of A. Delmas et Fils, Bordeaux, printed by Publicité Wall.

Why

Mich drew the team celebrating with the bottle as its trophy, under the line apéritif des sportifs.

Notice

The striped socks and studded boots, and the bottle held at arm's length at the top of the pile.

“A victory pose for a Bordeaux apéritif.”

Format

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Size

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Provenance

The Lost — mark extinguished

Artist: Mich
Printer: Publicité Wall, Paris
Country: France
Format: Poster (affiche)
Piece published: Bec-Kina apéritif des sportifs. Etablissements A. Delmas et Fils, Bordeaux, affiche, 1921
Source: Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gallica) · BnF btv1b90113339

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Scan: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Gallica; public domain. Hosted on Wikimedia Commons.

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 2026-11-01. Published 1921, before the 1930 cutoff; maker Mich (1881-1923). Illustrateur; Commons reads Public domain with {{CC-Zero}} {{Cc-zero}} {{Gallica}} {{PD-US}} {{SDC-PD-US}}. BnF Gallica scan: BnF asks for a licence for commercial reuse of its reproductions; flag for legal sign-off (the house already sells seven Gallica scans). Mark status dead is the registrar's reading of an old mark; no trademark search was run, so confirm before launch.

This brand was gone from the market. Everything sold here is the art, not the drink.