Water from a rocky spring comes up in a white jet, and a woman with wings catches it in a stemmed glass.
Leonetto Cappiello (1875 to 1942) designed the poster for F. de Saintignon et Cie, proprietors of the Récollets spring at Longwy-Bas in Lorraine. The spring was found in 1907 during exploratory drilling, and a hotel for arthritis cures opened there in 1912. The spa venture ended with the outbreak of the First World War in 1914.
On the poster
A winged figure in a crimson red gown rises above a rocky spring at Longwy, a branded water bottle raised in one hand and a stemmed glass catching the white jet of mineral water in the other. The ground is flat cobalt blue, and the saturated red of the gown and the dark navy of the wings stand out against it.
About this print
A digitally restored reproduction, printed on 200gsm Enhanced Matte Fine Art paper with pigment inks.

