Advertising Fan for Cognac Richpailloud

Fan with stained wooden sticks and no guards.
The double paper leaf is printed on the recto with a chromolithographic adaptation of a poster design of a large figure adorned in a red costume and matching wide-brimmed feather hat, clasping the company coat of arms of Richard & Paillard at chest height.
The artist uses negative space to great effect here – rhythmic brushwork swirls around the figure creating a perfectly apt mood of inebriation!
The verso bears the company name on an otherwise plain ground.