A child in red presses a small tube of glue against the base of Saturn. Leonetto Cappiello (1875 to 1942) designed this poster around 1905 for Syndetikon, a German adhesive made by Otto Ring & Co., and P. Vercasson printed it in Paris. Cappiello had signed a contract with Vercasson in 1900. His clients included Campari and Chocolat Klaus, with designs often built on one bold image against a saturated ground.
Here the claim is that the glue is strong enough to hold the planet's rings in place.
On the poster
A child in a red suit straddles a grey city skyline, arms raised, pressing a small tube of glue against the base of a vast ringed planet. Saturn swirls yellow-green and blue, its broad amber-orange ring arching across the full width of the sheet, against a deep cobalt sky scattered with small white stars. "Syndetikon" is set above in thick yellow block letters. Below, green sans-serif reads "Klebt, leimt, kittet alles" (sticks, glues, cements everything).
About this print
A digitally restored reproduction, printed on 200gsm Enhanced Matte Fine Art paper with pigment inks.

