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Prepared from the source scan: surroundings removed and the sheet levelled where required. The source record remains available below.
Five Schools, Built to Deepen · The Ricordi House
Fons Vitae Lux Aer Motus, Esposizione d'Igiene, Napoli (Adolfo Hohenstein, 1900)
Adolfo Hohenstein (1854-1928) · Esposizione d'Igiene, Napoli, April-October 1900, 1900
Format
Archival pigment giclée on museum-grade matte art paper, color-managed to the source scan — the flat inks and stone grain intact. The 40×60 is the room-changer.
Size
$39.00
What it is
A poster by Adolfo Hohenstein, printed by the Officine G. Ricordi in Milan, for the hygiene exhibition held in Naples from April to October 1900, under the Latin motto Fons vitae lux aer motus.
Why it matters
Ricordi's print works took commissions beyond the opera house, and public health was one of the great exhibition subjects of 1900.
What to notice
The motto lists the goods of hygiene in Latin: light, air and movement as the source of life.
The Ricordi studio selling public health instead of Puccini.
Provenance
- School
- The Ricordi House (Various)
- Designer
- Adolfo Hohenstein (1854-1928)
- Printer / house
- Officine G. Ricordi & C., Milan
- Format
- Exhibition poster
- Poster published
- Esposizione d'Igiene, Napoli, April-October 1900, 1900
- Source
- Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gallica) · BnF btv1b9012915r
Live trademark
Ricordi — sold here as history, never adopted into this house’s own branding.
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the poster’s own publication year. Cleared by registry on 2026-11-01.
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