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NO to wealth tax
Artist: Emil Cardinaux
Year: 1922
Size: 127 x 90 cm / 50 x 35.4″
Price:
up to CHF4000 / EUR 4000 / USD 4000 (recommended price)
About this poster
This rare vintage poster, which urged Swiss voters in 1922 to vote No in a referendum about wealth tax, is one of the few political propaganda posters that Emil Cardinaux designed. A gigantic, threatening figure of a red-clad jester carrying a large sack on his back leans on a factory chimney. This strange image along with the gloomy colours of the factory scene below creates a feeling of tension and unease and is a striking example of political propaganda imagery.
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.: 1615
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- Company: unbekannt - no indication
- Printer: Graphische Anstalt J. E. Wolfensberger AG, Zürich, CH
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- Size: 127 x 90 cm / 50 x 35.4″
- Printing technique:Stone lithograph in colours
- Condition:
A/J
Excellent condition. Picture preserved completely. Wrinkles and small tears, if any, restricted to edges. Mounted on acid-free Japanese vellum. - Category:
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- Publications:Das Schweizer Plakat - L‘affiche suisse - The Swiss Poster
Ein Jahrhundert im Weltformat - Schweizer Plakate von 1900 bis zur Gegenwart - Ausstellung Nov. 2001 - Januar 2002
Folder Schweizerische Nationalbank - 10 Ausstellungen - Swiss National Bank - 10 Exhibitions - No. 1
Reihe Schweizer Plakatgestalter 2 - Emil Cardinaux 1877 - 1936
Weltformat - Basler Zeitgeschichte im Plakat - Price:
up to CHF4000 / EUR 4000 / USD 4000 (recommended price)
