Colour lithograph
305 x 226cm
1927
Loupot produced many versions of the Nectar figure for the wine retailer Nicolas. Here, the character is placed in a comical position, as if having just been discovered secretly taking wine. The bottles are held precariously by his finger tips, and his red nose suggests that he has perhaps imbibed some of the wine himself. Toes turned inwards, mouth opened into an ‘o’, this is the iconic figure of the Parisian delivery boy turned dishevelled.