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.
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.”
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.
