Date: 1914 (original, larger sized poster printed in 1897)
Size: 10.25 x 14 inches, image: 6.5 x 10.75 inches
Artist: Giovanni Maria Mataloni
About the artist: Giovanni Maria Mataloni was an Italian poster art designer and illustrator. Mataloni was an exponent of the Stile Liberty, the Italian Art Nouveau. Together with Leonetto Cappiello, Adolfo Hohenstein, Marcello Dudovich and Leopoldo Metlicovitz he is considered one of the progenitors of Italian poster design.
About this piece: This beautiful poster belongs to the Portfolio "Gli Avvisi delle Officine G. Ricordi e C. Milano" (The Advertisements of the G. Ricordi & Co. Graphics Works, Milan) a famous and rare collection published around 1914, inspired by the famous French publication Les Maîtres de l'Affiche. The complete collection contains 70 color lithographic plates (chromolithographs) in a reduced size format. It represents an extraordinary testament to the golden age of the Italian advertising poster and Art Nouveau (Liberty style) graphics, closely tied to the world of opera and the Ricordi music publishing house.
