Esposizione di Como 1899
1899 · Colour lithograph (Les Maîtres de l'Affiche plate after the poster) · Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
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About this work
- Artist
- Adolfo Hohenstein (1854–1928)
- Year
- 1899
- Medium
- Colour lithograph (Les Maîtres de l'Affiche plate after the poster)
- Original size
- 39 × 29 cm
- Collection
- Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (Les Maîtres de l'Affiche, reduced plate)
- Movement
- Art Nouveau
- Series
- Les Maîtres de l'Affiche
Two young women in red and green, one holding a twist of wire, kneel beside an electrical apparatus framed in Art Nouveau vines, above a panel announcing the centenary of Alessandro Volta's discovery of the battery, Como, May to October 1899. Adolfo Hohenstein designed the poster for the exhibition of electricity and silk held in Volta's home town; it was printed by G. Ricordi in Milan. This is plate 160 of Les Maîtres de l'Affiche, printed by Chaix in 1899.
This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
Tan, red and sage in a tall format, for a study, hallway or home office at 12×18 or 16×24 in thin black or dark wood, no mat. It suits a white or warm grey wall and pairs with Hohenstein's Iris.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Exhibition poster of a Art Nouveau painting
- Era
- 19th century (1899)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- cream & beige
- Mood
- decorative, sophisticated
- Rooms
- hallway or entryway, study or library, home office, living room, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 12×18. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.
Framing. Exhibition posters sit best in a slim black frame with no mat — the typeset margin is the mat.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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About this design
The Madten promise
A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.




























