Strega

ID(s):
1927021E0
Subject
Italian liqueur made from 70 different plants including mint, fennel, cinnamon. The distillery is located in Benevento near Naples.
The word strega translates to "witch" in French.

Description:
A witch wearing harem pants, scimitars in hand, beheads bottles of Strega. She wears on her head one of those bottles with the bright yellow color so appreciated by connoisseurs.

Source:
Private collection
Date:
1927
Language: Italian
Dimensions (cm):
71,1 x 56,4
Signature:
Bottom left
Remark:
Squaring off with chalk.
Cappiello used the same idea for Fly-Tox
Materials:
Charcoal, gouache
Support:
Paper pasted on cardboard dur, bandes de papier collées en haut et à gauche, passe-partout, rabat
Reference Devambez: 5646
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