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Artists’ Masked Ball Zurich
Artist: Alois Carigiet
Year: 1939
Size: 128 x 90 cm / 50.4 x 35.4″
Price:
CHF1600
About this poster
The “Künstler-Maskenball” was a fixture in the Zurich carnival season until the 1980s. Well-known artists created the decorations and the guests’ costumes had to be as bizarre and inventive as possible. In his poster for the 1939 ball, Alois Carigiet captured the event’s wacky spirit through gaudy colouring, mismatched typography and a strange mask featuring a hand holding a paintbrush where the nose should be.
Artist: Alois Carigiet
The graphic designer, painter and illustrator Alois Carigiet was born in Trun (Grisons) in 1902 and came to Chur with his family in 1911. After finishing an apprenticeship as a stage painter in Chur, he went to work for a renowned graphic design studio in Zurich from 1923 to 1927. In 1927 he opened his own studio in Zurich, where he spent the next 12 years doing graphic design commissions for tourism, consumer goo... more
The graphic designer, painter and illustrator Alois Carigiet was born in Trun (Grisons) in 1902 and came to Chur with his family in 1911. After finishing an ...
Poster details
- Poster No.: 4273
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- Printer: J.C. Müller AG, Zürich
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- Size: 128 x 90 cm / 50.4 x 35.4″
- Printing technique:Lithograph in colours
- Condition:
A-
Very good condition. Picture preserved completely. Wrinkles and small tears, if any, restricted to edges. - Category:
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- Publications:Alois Carigiet
- Price:
CHF1600
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