Sale 2459 - Rare & Important Travel Posters, October 26, 2017

ANTONIO SIMEONI (DATES UNKNOWN) 90 c LAGO DI GARDA / RIVA. Circa 1926. 39 1 / 2 x27 1 / 2 inches, 100 1 / 4 x70 cm. Barabino & Graeve, Genova. Condition B+: tears at edges, some slightly into image; creases in margins and image and along horizontal fold. Paper. Although Simeoni is only known to have designed a few posters, “during the Thirties he worked for the Barabino &Graeve printing firm on the production of a series of posters and other advertising material for Lake Garda and the surrounding holiday resorts” (Manifesta p. 202). From the Julius Paul Collection, with the Albertina stamp and pencil-written inventory number on verso. Travel Italia p. 45, Bolaffi p. 208, Manifesta 75, Alpi Italiane 103. [1,000/1,500]