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Cognac Richarpailloud, Jean d'Ylen, 1930

A figure in a red cape floats in the dark.

What

Jean d'Ylen's poster for Cognac Richarpailloud, printed by Vercasson in Paris in 1930.

Why

d'Ylen built the figure out of the cape itself: a red cloud with a face, a hat and a glass.

Notice

The red is laid on a near-black ground, and the brand name runs across the foot in yellow.

“The last year this house can sell, drawn in Cappiello's old studio manner.”

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: Cognac Richarpailloud, affiche, 1930
Source: Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gallica) · BnF btv1b9011843d

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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 Public domain with {{PD-France}} {{PD-Layout}} {{PD-US-expired-text}} {{PD-old-X-expired}} {{PD-old-auto-expired}} {{PD-old-text}} {{SDC-PD-old}}. 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.