Original 1997 Willi’s Wine Bar poster designed by Sophie Herxheimer and printed in Paris by Caza Imprimerie. Since 1984, Willi’s Wine Bar has commissioned a different artist each year to create a poster celebrating wine, resulting in a long-running series now considered highly collectible.
This edition is a serigraph on thick paper. Herxheimer’s lively, illustrative style conveys the convivial and spirited atmosphere of Willi’s, combining bold color and playful design.
The poster is unlined and remains in excellent condition.
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Details
Title: Willi’s Wine Bar
Artist: Sophie Herxheimer
Year: 1997
Printer: Caza Imprimerie, Paris
Size: 27.5 x 39 in / 70 x 100 cm
Print Technique: Serigraph on thick paper
Linen: Unlined
Condition: Excellent
The poster is unlined and remains in excellent condition.
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Details
Title: Willi’s Wine Bar
Artist: Sophie Herxheimer
Design Year: 1997
Print Year: 2000
Printer: Caza Imprimerie, Paris
Size: 27.5 x 39 in / 70 x 100 cm
Print Technique: Serigraph on vélin
Linen: Unlined
Condition: Excellent
Original 1997 Willi’s Wine Bar poster designed by Sophie Herxheimer and printed in Paris by Caza Imprimerie. Since 1984, Willi’s Wine Bar has commissioned a different artist each year to create a poster celebrating wine, resulting in a long-running series now considered highly collectible.
This edition is a serigraph on vélin paper, a fine wove stock often chosen for limited artist prints. Herxheimer’s lively, illustrative style conveys the convivial and spirited atmosphere of Willi’s, combining bold color and playful design.
The poster is unlined and remains in excellent condition.
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Details
Title: Willi’s Wine Bar
Artist: Sophie Herxheimer
Year: 1997
Printer: Caza Imprimerie, Paris
Size: 27.5 x 39 in / 70 x 100 cm
Print Technique: Serigraph on vélin
Linen: Unlined
Condition: Excellent
The poster is unlined and remains in excellent condition.
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Details
Title: Willi’s Wine Bar
Artist: Sophie Herxheimer
Design Year: 1997
Print Year: 2000
Printer: Caza Imprimerie, Paris
Size: 27.5 x 39 in / 70 x 100 cm
Print Technique: Serigraph on vélin
Linen: Unlined
Condition: Excellent
Original French advertising poster for Taittinger Champagne. The design uses a clever visual device in which the viewer looks through the bowl of a Champagne flute to see the silhouette of an elegant blonde woman wearing a fitted black evening gown. The refined composition reflects the glamour and sophistication associated with Champagne advertising of the period. The figure is often thought to resemble Grace Kelly, though it was modeled after the French actress Catherine Deneuve.
Founded in 1932 by Pierre-Charles Taittinger, the Taittinger Champagne house remains one of the major family-run Champagne producers. The company has long emphasized traditional methods and careful control of quality, values reflected in its advertising campaigns.
Artist: Anonymous
Title: L’Instant Taittinger
Printer: Publicis, Reims
Size: 46.5 x 66.75 inches
On / Off Linen: Off linen
Print Technique: Offset lithograph
Year: c.1980
Condition & Comments: Excellent condition on linen.
Original French advertising poster for Taittinger Champagne. The design uses a clever visual device in which the viewer looks through the bowl of a Champagne flute to see the silhouette of an elegant blonde woman wearing a fitted black evening gown. The refined composition reflects the glamour and sophistication associated with Champagne advertising of the period. The figure is often thought to resemble Grace Kelly, though it was modeled after the French actress Catherine Deneuve.
Founded in 1932 by Pierre-Charles Taittinger, the Taittinger Champagne house remains one of the major family-run Champagne producers. The company has long emphasized traditional methods and careful control of quality, values reflected in its advertising campaigns.
Artist: Anonymous
Title: L’Instant Taittinger
Printer: Publicis, Reims
Size: 46.5 x 66.75 inches
On / Off Linen: On linen
Print Technique: Offset lithograph
Year: c.1980
Condition & Comments: Excellent condition on linen.
A whimsical and imaginative original lithograph created by Daniel Pudles in 1991 for Willi’s Wine Bar, located in the heart of Paris. The image features two anthropomorphic wine bottles — a man and a woman — each with expressive faces, wings, arms, and shoes. At the bottom appears the playful phrase “Solamente a Parigi” (Only in Paris!), a fitting tribute to the bar’s creative spirit.
Printed on Canson watercolor paper, this edition combines fine art lithography with the warmth of textured paper, typical of Willi’s early high-quality artist commissions. The poster is signed in the plate in the lower right margin and remains a collector favorite for its humor and Parisian charm.
Artist: Daniel Pudles
Date: Circa 1991
Technique: Lithograph on Canson watercolor paper
Printer: Atelier Michel Caza, Paris (Serigraphy)
Dimensions: 40.5 x 28.5 in. (103 x 72 cm)
Edition: Limited printing
Condition: Excellent (A)
Published by: Willi’s Wine Bar, Paris
Notes: First edition; printed for Willi’s Wine Bar series of contemporary artist posters.
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🖋️ About the Artist
Daniel Pudles is an award-winning French illustrator, born in Paris and educated at the École Supérieure d’Arts Graphiques. His work has appeared internationally in publications and galleries, blending wit and social observation through bold, graphic imagery. He currently lives and works in Brussels.
Willi’s Wine Bar – Frédéric Voisin, 1988 – Original First Edition Poster
Original first edition Willi’s Wine Bar poster created by Frédéric Voisin in 1988. Printed in a limited run of 1000 copies, size 68 × 88 cm (26.9 × 34.6 in). One of the earliest examples of computer-assisted poster design, produced in collaboration with Apple Computer. This edition represents a pioneering use of digital tools in commercial art, combining early computer graphics with traditional poster printing.
Details:
Artist: Frédéric Voisin
Date: 1988
Publisher: Willi’s Wine Bar, Paris
Edition: First Edition, Print Run 1000
Print Type: Offset lithograph with computer-assisted design
Size: 68 × 88 cm / 26.9 × 34.6 in
Condition: Excellent
Comments: Original 1988 first edition poster for Willi’s Wine Bar by Frédéric Voisin, among the earliest examples of computer-aided poster design, produced in association with Apple Computer.
Original Willi’s Wine Bar poster created by Hanabusa Lyu in 2001, published in Paris as part of the Willi’s Wine Bar artist poster series. Printed by serigraphy on vellum paper, this first edition was issued in a limited run of 100 copies and is signed in the plate.
This was Hanabusa’s second design for Willi’s Wine Bar, created shortly after the events of September 11, 2001. The artist conceived the work as a message of peace and humanity, expressed through the theme “For peace, love & good wine in the new millennium.” The central image draws inspiration from Antonio Canova’s sculpture “Psyche Revived by Cupid’s Kiss”, housed in the Louvre.
Lyu Hanabusa, born in Osaka, Japan, is a photographer and artist whose body of work includes portraiture, travel, and fine art photography, as well as collaborations with writers and cultural figures. His portraits include Simone de Beauvoir, Agnès Varda, Julie Delpy, Françoise Hardy, Dalida, and Barbara, among others.
Artist: Hanabusa Lyu
Date: 2001
Technique: Serigraphy on vellum paper
Publisher: Willi’s Wine Bar, Paris
Edition: Limited edition of 100
Printer: Michel Caza, Paris
Signature: Signed in the plate
Dimensions: 39.4 x 27.6 in. (100 x 70 cm)
Condition: Mint (A+)
Notes: First edition; second design by the artist for Willi’s Wine Bar; message “For peace, love & good wine in the new millennium.”
This original 1996 poster was created by Mister King for Willi’s Wine Bar in Paris, part of the long-running series of annual wine-themed posters commissioned by the bar. Printed as a serigraph on vélin paper by Caza in Paris, it was designed as a contemporary promotional image rather than a re-edition or reproduction.
The poster remains in excellent condition and is unlined, with fresh color and strong graphic presence. It is a good example of the modern phase of Willi’s Wine Bar commissions, which have become a small collecting field of their own for wine and restaurant enthusiasts as well as poster collectors.
Artist: Mister King
Printer: Caza, Paris
Size: 27.5 x 39 in / 70 x 100 cm
On/Off Linen: Unlined
Print Technique: Serigraph on velin paper
Year: 1996
Condition: Excellent
Comments: Original 1996 Willi’s Wine Bar poster by Mister King, printed by Caza in Paris. Bright, clean example with no restoration, ready to frame.
Original French poster created for Willi’s Wine Bar, Paris, in 1998 by the Spanish artist and designer Xavier Mariscal. Printed in a special edition on Canson watercolor paper by Michel Caza Imprimerie, Paris, using high-quality serigraphy (silkscreen). This edition differs from the standard run, produced in limited numbers as part of Willi’s Wine Bar’s annual artist poster series that celebrates wine and contemporary art.
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Artist: Xavier Mariscal
Date: 1998
Printer: Michel Caza Imprimerie, Paris
Technique: Serigraph / Silkscreen on Canson watercolor paper
Size: 27.5 × 39.25 inches (70 × 100 cm)
Condition: Excellent “A”
Comments: Original printing for Willi’s Wine Bar, Paris. Special edition on Canson paper printed by Michel Caza. Authenticated example from the official Willi’s Wine Bar artist poster series.
Original poster created for Willi’s Wine Bar in Paris in 1992. Designed by the artist Arthur Cefai and printed at Michel Caza Imprimerie, Paris, using high-quality serigraphy (silkscreen) on heavy paper. Issued by Willi’s Wine Bar as part of its continuing artist poster series linking contemporary art with wine culture. Authenticated original printing.
Arthur Cefai, described by Willi’s Wine Bar as a multi-disciplinary artist who developed low-tech mechanical processes to create his paintings, exhibited his work in several Paris galleries during the 1990s.
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Artist: Arthur Cefai
Date: 1992
Printer: Michel Caza Imprimerie, Paris
Technique: Serigraph / Silkscreen on heavy paper
Size: 27.5 × 39.5 in (70 × 100 cm)
Condition: Excellent “A”
Comments: Original first edition printed in Paris by master printer Michel Caza for Willi’s Wine Bar. Authenticated and documented example from the official Willi’s poster series.
Vintage Taittinger Champagne poster from the 1980s, featuring a glamorous woman—often thought to be inspired by Grace Kelly—seen through a tall champagne flute. Part of the celebrated “L’Instant Taittinger” advertising campaign introduced by Claude Taittinger, the image combines elegance and luxury in a refined Art Deco–inspired style. The golden tones and stylized composition evoke the sparkle of champagne and the sophistication of the brand. Linen-mounted and in excellent condition.
L’Instant Taittinger
Artist: Anonymous
Date: c. 1980s
Printer: Taittinger, France
Size: 21.3 × 31.5 in / 54 × 80 cm
Print Type: Offset lithograph
On Linen: Yes
Condition: Excellent “A”
