Mad Men & Crazy Critters - Shoe Fetish

Leonetto Cappiello, 1906

Just to prove the point, as I was uploading this post 

Maya began chewing yet another of Seba's shoes

Plinio Codognato, 1925

Posters by unknown artist and Filippo Romoli, 1928, 

from the Wolfsonian Collections

Tadeusz Gronowski, 1929

Rafael de Penagos, thanks to 50 Watts

Lubatti, 1939

Two ads by Eidenbenz Atelier

Donald Brun, 1946

Japanese ad, 1954, thanks again to 50 Watts

Louis Wattiez, 1955

Mad Men & Crazy Critters - Sweet Fangs

Leonetto Cappiello, 1903

Henri Gerbault, 1895

Max Hertwig, thanks to Japonisme

Henry-Claudius Forestier, 1905 ca., via the Swiss Poster Collection

Julius Gipkens, 1913, thanks to Susanlenox

Seneca, 1923

René Magritte, 1931, thanks to  Ωméga *

thanks to La philosophie dans le buvard

Tadeusz Gronowski

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Fillios, 1956

Donald Brun

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 Eidenbenz Atelier (Basel), 1952 ca., via the Swiss Poster Collection

Le Coq Gaulois

Giorgio Kienerk, Cocorico cover, 1901

One of the most ancient symbols of France, and definitely my favorite.

Théophile Steinlen, Cocorico cover, 1899

Marcello Nizzoli, 1930

Encyclopédie Hachette, thanks to Agence Eureka

d'après Dan Bar, 1950

Donald Brun, Gauloises, 1957

Raymond Savignac, France comes to Texas, 1957

Robert Rodrigue, 1959, thanks to Pignouf

Andy Smith

Alain Carrier

Paul Bommer

May Angeli, Oskar le Coq

Mad Men & Crazy Critters - The Cat's Pajamas

 Ted Bethune, 1963, thanks to Bob Caruthers

Cats are such good looking, funny and familiar animals.

So it's no wonder that most, if not all, the best commercial artists

have used cats to promote anything from shoes and fabrics

to home appliances and spark plugs!

Herbert Leupin, Enkalon

Donald Brun, Zwicky, 1953

Lucian Zabel, ca.1912

Tadeusz Gronowski, Radion, 1926

Two Puss in Boots posters, thanks to the Picasa Vintage Poster album by Pignouf

René Gruau, 1961

Dutch poster for Philips Tv, 1951, thanks to paul.malon

Hanns Lohrer, 1955, thanks to Mid–Centuria

Jacques Auriac

Jean Colin, 1950s

Two posters by Walter Grieder and a 1960 cover illustration of a mailing piece for Sanforized products

 by Irving Miller/Bernard Vincent, thanks to mid-century collector extraordinaire Sandi Vincent