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Zermatt, Matterhorn 4505m Schweiz. – Vintage poster – Emil CARDINAUX – 1908 Sold

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Original vintage poster Zermatt, Matterhorn 4505m Schweiz.

Emil CARDINAUX

1908

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102 x 71 cm
40 x 27 inch

In 1908, Emil Cardinaux designed the first "modern" tourism poster.

The Swiss government commissioned him to design a poster to promote the Matterhorn and the Zermatt ski area. Inspired by the paintings of Ferdinand Hodler, he freed the tourist poster from all realistic constraints and created a new, simpler and more dynamic graphic language. A monument to the glory of the Matterhorn, the image is reduced to its simplest expression, with no excess detail to hide the aesthetic value of its subtle play of colours, achieved through the exceptional quality of the lithographic printing process. A luminous, flamboyant Matterhorn overlooks a valley plunged into shadow.

This avant-garde poster revolutionised the representation of the tourist poster, influencing many Swiss artists and graphic designers and making it known internationally.

This Cardinaux poster finely printed in lithography (on stone) and in excellent condition is a master piece in the Swiss poster History. Extremely rare and prized !

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