Leonetto CAPPIELLO (1875-1942) Grand Bazar de l'Hôtel de Ville, 1921-22 Mixed media. Wrapped in canvas. Signed lower left. (Restorations, small chips, stains and rubbing). 120 x 89.5 cm Bibliography : Rennert, p. 224, no. 350. The "Jack in the box" may well have been a piece of research suggested by Devambez to Cappiello for department store Christmas - he was in charge of selling it to one of them! In any case, it was the Bazar de l'Hôtel de Ville that adopted it to promote its toys in 1922. A simple, effective image - "it does the job"!