24.00 USD
Gorgeous, soft focused image of beautiful actress Ilia Di Marzio, published by G. B. Falci of Milan. The artistic blending of tone in the image, and its title, "Malizie," playfully, "Mischief," or more darkly, "Malice" (the photographer's, or publisher's, interpretation of the image), almost places it, for us, within the pictorialist movement of photography. All that shimmering netting woven of fine metallic thread! What a magically Haremesque image! Like something right out of the 1001 Nights!
Signorina Di Marzio is unfortunately one of those artistes about whom we've yet to learn very much. She apparently gained popularity in the 1920s, performing in the operettas (in Italy, at that time, the term operetta most particularly referred to light musical theater, more than to "operettas" of the "classical" variety). We ran across brief mention of her being known for her interpretations of work by Franz Lehar (Composer of "Die Lustige Witwe," or "The Merry Widow"), but we couldn't find any other references to this.
The only definite references we found beginning on Wikipedia Italy, pertained to her having been married to the Italian ethnologist, linguist and author, Ferruccio Caressa (1877-1947), who apparently compiled a dictionary much used by travelers and the military in the Italian colonies of East Africa, and with whom she had a son named Wolfgang! Fringe trivia, but still interesting, we hope :)
But even lacking biography, this is certainly a magnificent image. Please examine our high res scans for detail.
Postage is for first class shipping in a secure photo mailer, and we happily combine shipping on all paper goods. If you purchase two cards, we will refund the postage on the second card, and when you purchase three or more cards from us at the same time, your shipping will be entirely free, except for international orders which, because of sudden increases in international shipping rates will still be charged one card's shipping fees on orders of three or more.
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