Lot n° 164
Estimation :
150 - 200
EUR
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Result
: 220EUR
Giovanni MATALONI (Italian, 1869–1944) - Lot 164
Giovanni MATALONI (Italian, 1869–1944)
Società Anonima per la Incandescenza a Gas (Auer Patent), from *The Masters of the Poster* (PL. 72), 1895
Color lithograph on vellum paper
Numbered “PL. 72” with the notation “Imprimerie Chaix” in the lower left margin; signed and dated “Mataloni 1895” in the stone; dry stamp of the publication (designed by Jules Chéret) in the lower right margin
Dimensions:
Sheet: approx. 39 × 29 cm (15.4 × 11.4 in.)
Condition: In very good condition, slight sun fading on the margins, unframed
References:
Stanley Appelbaum, The Complete “Masters of the Poster,” Dover, 1990, pl. 72
Plate 72 from *The Masters of the Poster*, the legendary subscription publication that appeared monthly in Paris from December 1895 to November 1900 under the artistic direction of Jules Chéret and printed by Imprimerie Chaix, reproducing the finest posters of the Belle Époque in collector’s format. Mataloni’s poster for the Auer incandescent gas mantle, printed in Rome, is considered the first Italian Art Nouveau poster: a kneeling woman raising the new gas lamp amid a shower of rays, framed by sunflowers, gas pipes, and a streetlamp.
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