Five Schools, Built to Deepen · The Ricordi House
La Wally — Adolfo Hohenstein, c.1895
Adolfo Hohenstein · Ricordi opera poster, La Wally, 1895
What it is
Hohenstein’s poster for Catalani’s La Wally, published by Ricordi.
Why it matters
A second Hohenstein piece lets the Ricordi collection show the house style before Tosca, not just at its most famous moment.
What to notice
The alpine setting rendered with the same theatrical lighting Hohenstein later brought to Tosca’s Rome.
The house style, already fully formed.
Provenance
- School
- The Ricordi House (Various)
- Designer
- Adolfo Hohenstein
- Printer / house
- Ricordi
- Format
- Theater poster
- Poster published
- Ricordi opera poster, La Wally, 1895
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
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 2026-07-17. Commons dates this file only as "between 1890 and 1900" — 1895 used as a midpoint estimate; refine if a firmer date surfaces. Well within the pre-1931 basis regardless.
Format
The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.
Sized to protect print quality — this scan supports sizes up to 18x24" cleanly.
Size
$29.00
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