Nov 10, 2022 - Sale 2621

Sale 2621 - Lot 42

Price Realized: $ 5,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500

LUIGI EMILIO CALDANZANO (1880-1928)

NERVI / PAESE DEL SOLE. Circa 1925.


38 3/4x27 inches, 98 1/2x68 1/2 cm. Officine Grafiche I.G.A.P., Genova.
Condition A-: repaired tears and minor creases and abrasions in margins; minor creases in image; printed with metallic gold ink.

An illustrator, etcher and graphic designer, Caldanzano created sheet music, magazine covers, movie posters and more. Throughout his career, he worked for the most renowned Italian printing houses, including Ricordi, Barabino & Graeve, and ultimately for I.G.A.P. Nervi is a coastal town in Liguria, in the commune of Genoa, formerly a fishing village. Pictured behind lush and exotic foliage is the 16th century Gropallo Tower and the Garibaldi promenade. Rare. Not in Italia, not in Travel Italia.