Feb 20 at 10:30 AM - Sale 2695 -

Sale 2695 - Lot 25

Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 7,500

LEOPOLDO METLICOVITZ (1868-1944)

SCOGNAMIGLIO CARAMBA. 1907.


79x55½ inches, 200½x141 cm. G. Ricordi & C., Milan.
Condition B+ / B: replaced loss in central image, along seam; small losses and replaced losses, repaired tears, creases and abrasions in margins and image and along vertical and horizontal folds. Two-sheets. Mounted on paper.

This poster promotes the Compagnia Italiana Dell'Opera Comica, under the direction of Ciro Scognamiglio, and the famous set designer Luigi Sapelli, who went by the name Caramba. Rare.

We could find only one other copy at auction in over 35 years. Ricordi 72, Manifesti p. 69.