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Arosa – Grisons – Switzerland
Artist: Alois Carigiet
Year: 1931
Size: 96 x 63.5 cm / 37.8 x 25″
About this poster
This unique, decorative poster was designed in the early 1930s by the well-known Graubünden painter Alois Carigiet. The lady in the very short red sports suit glides happily down the slope on her skis - a simple and clear advertising message for the winter sports resort of Arosa.
Artist: Alois Carigiet
The famous Swiss artist Alois Carigiet was born in 1902 in Trun, Grisons, where he died in 1985.
Carigiet worked as a painter, designed a number of books for children, including the famous „Schellen-Ursli“, and became a freelance graphic designer in 1939. Carigiet also designed several travel and product posters. In 1960, he moved back to his native village of Trun in Grisons.
The famous Swiss artist Alois Carigiet was born in 1902 in Trun, Grisons, where he died in 1985.
Carigiet worked as a painter, designed a number of bo ...
Poster details
- Poster No.: 3478
- Artist:
- Company: Verkehrsverein Arosa, CH
- Brand:AROSA - Graubünden / Grisons - CH
- Printer: Orell-Füssli, Zürich
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- Size: 96 x 63.5 cm / 37.8 x 25″
- 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:A Century of Swiss Winter Sports Posters
Geschichte des Bündner Tourismus im Spiegel der Plakate von 1890 bis heute (Diplomarbeit)
Graubünden im Plakat - Tourismuswerbung 1890 bis heute
Touristikplakate der Schweiz - Affiches touristiques de la Suisse - Tourism Posters of Switzerland 1880-1940
