Leonetto Cappiello
French · 1875–1942 · Painter, Printmaker
Leonetto Cappiello was an Italian and French poster art designer and painter, who mainly lived and worked in Paris. He is now often called 'the father of modern advertising'… (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
Absinthe Gempp Pernod -- Lunel PosterSloans & Kenyon · $11,000≈ £8,816≈ €10,252Sign up to see
BITTER CAMPARIBonhams · €6,120≈ $6,436≈ £5,291Sign up to see
Vermouth Cora TorinoVan Sabben Poster Auctions · €4,800≈ $5,386≈ £3,477Sign up to see
Leonetto Cappiello’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).
ArtSell has recorded 140 auction results for Leonetto Cappiello between 2004 and 2026, of which 109 sold (78%). A further 17 lots were offered at auction without a published result. Recorded sale prices range from $145Sign up free to see to $11kSign up free to see. The highest price recorded is $11kSign up free to see for Absinthe Gempp Pernod -- Lunel Poster at Sloans & Kenyon in September 2023. The most common medium is lithographs (35 lots). Most results come from Van Sabben Poster Auctions (71), Bonhams (34) and Wannenes (9).
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- Cognac Pellisson, 1907€515≈ $587≈ £444Sign up free to see
- Le Thermogène, circa 1930$1,400≈ £1,058≈ €1,221Sign up free to see
- $3,050≈ £2,273≈ €2,630Sign up free to see
- Cognac Pellisson, 1907$1,400≈ £1,047≈ €1,212Sign up free to see
- Mossant, 1938$1,000≈ £732≈ €841Sign up free to see
- Liqueur Devil Poster, 1906$1,000≈ £745≈ €858Sign up free to see
- $435≈ £323≈ €373Sign up free to see
- Frankreich, 1937€319≈ $367≈ £272Sign up free to see
- €1,838≈ $2,116≈ £1,569Sign up free to see
- €1,715≈ $1,975≈ £1,464Sign up free to see
Also offered, result not published (17)
Lots by Leonetto Cappiello that were offered at auction where the house did not publish whether they sold. Not counted in any statistics.
Leonetto Cappiello prints (111)Leonetto Cappiello lithographs (35)
Leonetto Cappiello: quick facts
What is the highest price paid for a work by Leonetto Cappiello at auction?
$11,000Sign up free to see, for Absinthe Gempp Pernod -- Lunel Poster at Sloans & Kenyon (September 2023) — the highest price in ArtSell’s records.
What is a typical auction price for Leonetto Cappiello?
The median sale price is $1.4kSign up free to see across 109 priced sales. Prices vary by medium, size and date — see the price chart & statistics.
How many works by Leonetto Cappiello have sold at auction?
109 of 140 recorded lots sold between 2004 and 2026. 17 further lots were offered with no published result and are not counted.
Which auction houses sell Leonetto Cappiello?
Van Sabben Poster Auctions, Bonhams and Wannenes account for the most recorded results. Van Sabben Poster Auctions · Bonhams · Wannenes
About Leonetto Cappiello
Leonetto Cappiello was an Italian and French poster art designer and painter, who mainly lived and worked in Paris. He is now often called 'the father of modern advertising' because of his innovation in poster design. The early advertising poster was characterized by a painterly quality as evidenced by early poster artists Jules Chéret, Alfred Choubrac and Hugo D'Alesi. Cappiello, like other young artists, worked in a way that was almost the opposite of his predecessors. He was the first poster artist to use bold figures popping out of black backgrounds, a startling contrast to the posters early norm.
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In museum collections
Musée d'Orsay · Public domainYvette Guilbert, 1899
Musée d'Orsay · Public domainA Boy on a Zebra
Wikimedia Commons · Public domainThermogène warms you up., 1909
Poster Museum at Wilanów · Public domain
