THRIFT STORE FIND - WILLIE'S WINE BAR PARIS; HOW DO I TELL IF REAL 1st EDITION?

Found this today doing my thrift store rounds - it appears real, but when I googled WILLIE'S WINE BAR, HENRI NOURON MEDITATION 2272482. FIRST EDITION 1984. ORIGINAL PAINTING
I found several; including one for sale on ebay for $1,995 - but all say that they are an original & not a copy; how do I tell if mine is a original or a copy?
I appreciate any help!

 

To me that looks like a print/poster. First edition of a series of prints I would think. Doesn't it say "ORIGINAL PRINTING" - not "ORIGINAL PAINTING". ?

 

Agree. Doesn't look at all like a painting, more like a poster. Clearly a print, of which there was a whole run. This is first run/edition, but not the only one. If you could find out how many were made in the first edition, you would have some idea of how rare/common.

 

This is a print of the original poster. This is a throw on the wall and enjoy type poster. Home decor pretty much

 

One like yours sold recently on eBoo but a best offer was accepted. All I see is the original asking price of $395 but it's struck through.

 

It does say Print not Painting - don't know why I typed that.

 

When I was working in a design studio in CT, my boss was chosen to design a poster for Willie's, this is the one he did:



I was one of the worker bees who set up the art from a sketch Tom did, we did it as a computer file, not original art.

Tom was incredibly talented, he has 2 posters from the Stamford Opera and Orchestra that are in the Library of Congress.

 

wow!

 

then you might know if the prints still get a register number in France ? maybe 227 24 82 helps to find which edition this is ?

 

The artist died in 1968:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassandre_(artist)

 

No, I don't know. We had to do the art, get the films made to the printer's specs and ship them off to France. I suspect the printer added any numbering at their end.

 

I'm not finding any 1935 examples of this online. Cassandre did a very similar design for the Nicolas wine shop in '35/'36. This might be a first printing, re-purposing, of a design that was originally rejected and never previously put into production. But that's just conjecture.

 

1983 according to the restaurant's site. Still available for purchase. Don't think the edition matters.

https://shop.williswinebar.com/brands/WIlli's-Bottle-Art.html

Debora