ALFREDO MONTALTI (1858-1928) LUNA E LAGUNA. 1891. 27 3/4x39 inches, 70x99 cm. Ricordi & C., Milan. Condition B+: foxing in top margin and corner; unobtrusive vertical and horizontal folds; restored loss in top margin. An art student in Turin and then Venice, Montalti was a landscape painter, who turned to book illustrations after a minor paralysis. Bolaffi indicates that this was the only poster he designed. It advertises a book of twelve Venetian songs published by Ricordi. Bolaffi p. 152.
