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SWISS ALPINE POST – Automobile service over the alpine passes
Artist: Emil Cardinaux
Year: 1922
Size: 127 x 89 cm / 50 x 35″
About this poster
This is a traditional Swiss vintage poster by Emil Cardinaux from 1922. The poster is an advert for the Swiss Alpine Post in an elegant Art Deco style.
Artist: Emil Cardinaux
Emil CARDINAUX (1877 Bern 1936)
Towards the end of the 19th century, the Swiss art scene underwent thorough transformation. The central figure in this development was the painter Ferdinand Hodler. He was the first among Swiss artists who dared to radically be himself. Even though Hodler never took on students, the art world soon coined the term “Hodlerians” for a small group of Bernese artists. What the... more
Emil CARDINAUX (1877 Bern 1936)
Towards the end of the 19th century, the Swiss art scene underwent thorough transformation. The central figure in this ...
Poster details
- Poster No.: 3303
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- Company: PTT Schweizerische Post, Bern, CH
- Brand:PTT - POSTAUTO - Postbus - Swiss Postal Coaches
- Printer: Graphische Anstalt J. E. Wolfensberger AG, Zürich, CH
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- Size: 127 x 89 cm / 50 x 35″
- Printing technique:Stone lithograph in colours
- Condition:
A-/J
Very good condition. Picture preserved. Wrinkles and small tears, if any, restricted to edges. Mounted on acid-free Japanese vellum. - Category:
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- Publications:Der Berg ruft. Wir auch. „Flims im Plakat. Von der Dokumentation zur Evokation“
Die Alpen auf Plakaten
Reihe Schweizer Plakatgestalter 2 - Emil Cardinaux 1877 - 1936
Touristikplakate der Schweiz - Affiches touristiques de la Suisse - Tourism Posters of Switzerland 1880-1940
