Aug 01, 2018 - Sale 2484

Sale 2484 - Lot 153

Price Realized: $ 6,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 7,500
MARCELLO DUDOVICH (1878-1962) MELE & CI. NAPOLI. 1908.
80x57 inches, 203x144 3/4 cm. G. Ricordi & Ci., Milan.
Condition B+: repaired tears, losses and staining in margins, some affecting image; staining and repaired tears along seam. Two-sheets.
Dudovich was one of the most prolific and important Italian poster artists. He designed more than 600 posters in a career that spanned over half a century. From 1899-1905, he worked in Bologna for the printer Chappuis, then he moved to Milan and began working for G. Ricordi. Throughout his career, he worked for all of the major Italian companies, but he is best remembered for the images he designed for the Italian department stores Mele and À La Rinascente. rare. Not in Ricordi.