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| Artist: Leonetto Cappiello
Italian (1875-1942) | | Item: R.01 |
Title: Livorno Stagione Balneare |
Description: Condition
A.
Original lithograph from the "Ricordi
Portfolio"
Printed in Italy 1914. View
entire collection (70)
Presented in 16 in x 20 in acid free, archival
museum mat, with framing labels. Ready to frame. Shipped boxed flat via Fedex.
Certificate of Authenticity.
See our Terms
of Sale |
| Sheet Size: | 10 in x 14 in |
| | 25.5 cm x 35.5 cm | |
Price: temporarily out of
stock
(Like many of my most sought after images I am usually able to
locate this for clients. email me for a price estimate, Greg)
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"Cappiello must have been honored and pleased to do a poster for the spa
in his hometown of Livornio and he went all out to show us a joyful woman holding
up-up a string of Japanese lanterns that spell out the name of the resort"
(Cappiello/Rennert
23)
This is a selection from the very rare commemorative portfolio
published by the renowned Italian printer Ricordi in 1914. The portfolio consisted
of 70 lithographic plates (smaller versions) of Ricordi's greatest posters printed
between 1895 and 1914. Many of the images in the series are so rare that they
can be found today in no other format. In the 1870s, Ricordi opened an in-house
lithography shop to promote its operas and sheet music business. Ricordi quickly
became the leading lithographer in Italy and by 1895 was creating posters for
other clients such as Campari, the Milan newspaper Corriere della Sera, and the
Mele Department store of Naples. Under the tutelage of Adolfo Hohenstein,
a brilliant stable of artists emerged at Ricordi. Artists including Cappiello,
Caldanzano, Cavaleri, Dudovich, Laskoff, Metlicovitz and Mataloni brought Art
Nouveau, known as Stile Liberty in Italy, to a world class level. Much like the
famous Maitre de L'Affiche series created
by Cheret in Paris, this portfolio celebrated
the rise of the poster - which in Italy was almost single-handedly accomplished
by Ricordi.
(www.internationalposter.com)
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