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Estimate: $ 20,000 - $ 30,000
LEOPOLDO METLICOVITZ (1868-1944) SOGNO D'UN VALZER. 1910. 78 1/2x39 inches. G. Ricordi & C., Milan. Condition B+: restoration and restored loss in left margin, affecting image; repaired tears in margins and in image; minor restoration and restored losses along vertical and horizontal folds. Two sheets. A lush, evocative, exquisite, atmospheric and unabashedly romantic image for an Italian production of the Viennese operetta "A Waltz Dream." Written by Oscar Straus (no relation to Johann Strauss, the other great Austrian composer of waltzes), the story is about an unhappy wedding between a man and a princess, and the man's desire to return to his native Vienna, until he ultimately realizes how much he loves the woman he married. In an era where operettas were so highly regarded and performed all over Europe and even in America, "A Waltz Dream" was one of the most popular. Metlicovitz, whose style could encompass the purest of Italian Art Nouveau design, and also could take on regal, academic allegories, here becomes seductively formal, presenting an incomparably romantic vision. The elegance of the image is echoed in the elaborate typography. It is one of Metlicovtiz's finest posters and a masterpiece of Italian graphic design. Manifesto 29, Gallo p. 155, Manifesti Italiani p. 34.
