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Bière Gangloff, Besançon, Jean d'Ylen, 1930

A brewer in a white apron with a stein in each fist.

What

Jean d'Ylen's poster for Bière Gangloff of the Brasserie de Besançon, printed by Vercasson in Paris in 1930; the BnF sheet measures 162 by 120 cm.

Why

d'Ylen took over Cappiello's place at Vercasson, and this is the same idea: one figure, one gesture, the name below.

Notice

The steins are taller than his head, the foam spilling over both, and his red stockings and buckled shoes plant him on the black ground.

“A Besançon brewery, at the very end of the poster age this house collects.”

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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Provenance

The Lost — mark extinguished

Artist: Jean d' Ylen
Printer: Vercasson, Paris
Country: France
Format: Poster (affiche)
Piece published: Bière Gangloff Brasserie de Besançon affiche, Jean d'Ylen, affiche, 1930
Source: Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gallica) · BnF btv1b9011846n

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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 2026-11-02. Published 1930, before the 1930 cutoff; maker Jean d' Ylen; Commons reads CC0 with {{CC-Zero}} {{Cc-zero}} {{Gallica}}. BnF Gallica scan: BnF asks for a licence for commercial reuse of its reproductions; flag for legal sign-off (the house already sells 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.