ORIGINAL Vintage Travel Poster VENICE ITALY San Marco Piazza - LINEN BACKED

Description

VENEZIA, ITALY
(VENICE)
1949
Description:
ORIGINAL Travel Poster promoting travel to Venice, Italy. Depicted a view of the bell and of the statue of a bell ringer standing on a terrace atop
St Mark's Clock Tower. There are actually two bell ringers, one is old and the other young, to show the passing of time.
The bell is signed by one Simeone who cast it at the Arsenal in 1497.
In the background the Campanile of the Piazza San Marco.
The design is contained in the shape of the iron prow head of the gondola that
is needed to balance the weight of the gondolier at the stern and has an "S" shape symbolic of the twists in the Canal Grande. Under the main blade there is a kind of comb with six teeth or prongs (not all depicted here) standing for the six "sestieri" (districts) of Venice.
Margin Text (Printing Company):
"STAMPATO IN ITALIA"
"PIZZI & PIZIO   -   MILANO-ROMA"
Condition and dimensions:
In good condition!
Some small professionally repaired paper loss on left and right edges (small). poster has been professionally linen backed. no edge wear, no tears, no creasing (please review detailed photos).
This poster has been conservation backed on acid-free paper and canvas and is ready for framing.
Incl. Canvas: 28 X 41 Inches (71.12 X 104.14 cm)
Poster Only: 26 X 39 Inches (66.04 X 99.06 cm)
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