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Artists’ Masked Ball Zurich
Artist: Alois Carigiet
Year: 1939
Size: 128 x 90 cm / 50.4 x 35.4″
Price:
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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 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.: 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:
CHF1200
CHF 2,000.00 CHF 1,200.00Order
