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Gentiane Théjy au Quinquina, Maurice Lourdey, c. 1900

A café regular, a patient waiter, a checkerboard floor.

What

Maurice Lourdey's poster for Gentiane Théjy au quinquina, printed by P. Vercasson & Cie, dated by the BnF between 1900 and 1910.

Why

Lourdey drew the café as comedy: a stout customer savouring the glass while the waiter pours.

Notice

The black and white tiled floor runs under the marble tables, and the order at the foot reads Demandez la marque Théjy.

“A gentian bitter remembered for its customer.”

Format

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Size

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Provenance

The Lost — mark extinguished

Artist: Maurice Lourdey
Printer: P. Vercasson & Cie, Paris
Country: France
Format: Poster (affiche)
Piece published: Gentiane Théjy au quinquina. Demandez la marque Théjy, affiche, 1910
Source: Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gallica) · BnF btv1b9016236r

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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 1910, before the 1930 cutoff; maker Lourdey, Maurice (1860-1934). 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.