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She wears a kimono with a motif of golden bees to mirror the brand name. The background is highly decorative, incorporating further bees, and plumes of white flowers and green foliage which rise from a vase on the right hand side to balance the smoke rising from the hot coffee which decorates the left hand side of the sheet. Signed with monogram in red in the lower left. 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London: V&A Publications, 2000","id":"AUTH352192"},"details":"","free":""},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"3100","free":"<u>Katagami Style</u> Exhibition catalogue, 2012"},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1962:\r\n\r\n'Die Gulden Bie Koffie'\r\nPoster- colour lithograph \r\nSigned C.A. Adolphe Crespin\r\nBelgian\r\n\r\n[When this poster was formally accessioned into the collection, it was believed to be by Adolphe Crespin. Further research however pinpoints the much lesser known artist Albert Castille who flourished circa 1900, as the designer responsible for this work - 19/05/2025]."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"A detail from this poster graced the cover of the Rennert's Gallery 90th Rare Posters Auction Catalogue for a sale which took place in New York on 17th July 2023. Their catalogue description was as follows:\r\n\r\n'The golden bee (L’Abeille d’Or) is the motif of this extraordinarily sensuous design for the roasted coffee (Cafés Torréfiés) manufactured by the Adolphe Huybrechts firm of Antwerp. A medley of European Art Nouveau and Japonisme aesthetics, Castille borrowed the luxurious plumes of smoke from Livemont’s Absinthe Robette, the classic halo of Mucha, and a traditional silk kimono from Japan—and yet the overall image is a unique Castille concoction. Little is known of the French artist aside from the fact that he frequented his friend Livemont’s studio (see Livemont, p. 24). 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