MARCELLO DUDOVICH (1878 1962) SALUTIS SOAP CHIOZZA E TURCH

Sale 2643 - Lot 29

Price Realized: $ 3,640

?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price

Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 7,500

MARCELLO DUDOVICH (1878-1962)

SALUTIS SOAP / CHIOZZA E TURCHI. Circa 1900.

79 1/4x37 1/4 inches, 201 1/4x94 1/2 cm. Dott. Chappuis, Bologna.
Condition B+: darkening and bleach spots in margins; repaired tears, minor creases and abrasions in margins and along vertical and horizontal folds; offsetting in central image and text; ink and paper stamps. Two-sheets, slightly misaligned. Mounted on paper.

An advertisement for soap, in which a young lady is bathed in a wash tub by her governess. The steam from her bath rises in sinuous, decorative wafts of vapor to form the shape of lilacs, from which the product draws its scent. This is the first edition of the poster, which was censored and withdrawn from circulation due to the overtly immodest nature of the young woman bathing. In the subsequent edition she is depicted wearing a black negligee. Rare. We could find no other copies at auction.

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Property of Penn State's Palmer Museum of Art, sold to benefit the acquisitions fund.