Martini ‘Commedia’ poster

Description

This Martini Commedia Art Deco poster, one of a pair (see the Martini Egyptian poster HERE), features a male character in formal dress, a top hat worn at a rakish angle, and a pierrot’s white face staring out of the picture. The influence for this motif is the Commedia Dell’Arte figure of the unworldly clown who loses his innocence. Commedia dell’Arte was a humorous theatrical presentation performed by professional players who travelled in troupes throughout Italy in the sixteenth and seventeenth century.