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Five Schools, Built to Deepen · The Ricordi House
La Bohème de Puccini, G. Ricordi & C., Paris (Adolfo Hohenstein, 1895)
Adolfo Hohenstein (1854-1928) · La Bohème, vocal score, G. Ricordi & C., Paris, 1895
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 for the score of Puccini's La Bohème, sold by G. Ricordi & C. from 12 rue de Lisbonne in Paris and by music dealers throughout France and Belgium; it shows the third-act quartet of Marcello, Musetta, Mimì and Rodolfo.
Why it matters
Ricordi owned Puccini's scores and sold them abroad on the strength of Hohenstein's images, ahead of the Turin premiere of February 1896.
What to notice
The selling line runs at the foot: on sale at every bookseller, publisher and music dealer in France and Belgium.
An opera sold as sheet music, before Paris had heard it.
Provenance
- School
- The Ricordi House (Various)
- Designer
- Adolfo Hohenstein (1854-1928)
- Printer / house
- G. Ricordi & C., Milan
- Format
- Advertising poster
- Poster published
- La Bohème, vocal score, G. Ricordi & C., Paris, 1895
- Source
- Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gallica) · BnF btv1b53159026n
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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