Dec 16, 2009 - Sale 2200

Sale 2200 - Lot 33

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
ATTILLIO FORMILLI (1866-1933) FESTA DELL'ARTE E DEI FIORI. 1896.
58 1/2x27 1/2 inches, 149x70 cm. D'Arti Grafiche, Bergamo.
Condition B+: repaired tears, abrasions and overpainting in margins and image; restoration along vertical and horizontal folds. Two sheets.
The artist, who was primarily a sculptor active in Florence, only designed this one poster. Clearly inspired by Botticelli, his maiden is strewing flowers as she walks through a garden. Bolaffi p. 94.