May 08, 2006 - Sale 2079

Sale 2079 - Lot 157

Price Realized: $ 1,610
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
DESIGNER UNKNOWN ITALIA LLOYD TRIESTINO. Post 1936.
38x24 3/4 inches.
Condition B+: restored losses in bottom margin; tears, creases and abrasions in margins and image.
This poster can be dated, and its anonymity explained, for the same reasons. In 1936, A. M. Cassandre designed a spectacular poster for the Italia-Cosulich shipping company. The image was of three ships sailing over the top of a large globe. Clearly this poster plagiarizes Cassandre's idea, although certain changes have been made to Cassandre's original concept. Here there are ships, four of which are shown closer-up and larger, and flags have been added.