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Willi’s Wine Bar – Hanabusa Lyu (2001)

Original Serigraph on Vellum – First Edition

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.”