ADOLFO HOHENSTEIN (1842-1928) ZUR HUNDERTJÁHRIGEN FEIER. 1899. 42x20 1/4 inches, 107x51 1/2 cm. Ricordi, Milan. Condition B+ / B: restored loss in left margin; minor losses along vertical and horizontal folds; tears and creases in margins and image. Hohenstein spent his whole career with Ricordi, the great Italian publishing company. He began working there in 1889 designing sheet music covers for operas. Shortly thereafter he became art director of the firm and began to design posters. Here he employs his classic allegorical style, within an archetypal Liberty-style decorative border, to honor the 100th anniversary of Alessandro Volta's creation of the first electric cell (battery), and to promote an International Congress of Electricity, held in Como, Volta's birthplace. Smaller format. German version. Manifesti Italiani p. 37 (var), Ricordi 157 (var), Capolavori Manifesto Liberty 3 (var), Wember 404 (var).
