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1917 55¼ h × 39¼ w in (140 × 100 cm)
estimate: $3,000–4,000
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So powerful was Mauzan’s first World War I poster for Credito Italiano loans (see following lot) that the Italian government “did not hesitate to publish the poster representing the head of the soldier in gigantic proportions in order to display it on the most prestigious squares and monuments in the country” (Mauzan, p. 88). To see this face plastered throughout the streets, squares, and even theaters must have been a powerful act of intimidation. And for Mauzan, these two posters established his position as a leading poster artist of his time.
Ricordi, Milano
literature: Mauzan, A073; Mauzan/Paris, p. 37; PAI-XC, 72
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