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Olympic Games St. Moritz 1948
Artist: Alois Carigiet
Year: 1948
Size: 101 x 64 cm / 39.8 x 25.2″
Price:
up to CHF3000 / EUR 3000 / USD 3000 (recommended price)
About this poster
Carigiet’s original poster for the 1948 Olympic Winter Games, which were held in St. Moritz, show a skier looking up to the sun and holding his poles triumphantly into the air. His hooded shirt is very reminiscent of the traditional shepherd’s shirt worn in the Swiss mountain regions.
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.: 4020
- Artist:
- Company: Schweizerische Verkehrszentrale, SVZ - Schweizerische Zentrale für Verkehrsförderung, SZV - Swiss National Tourist Office, Zurich, CH
- Brand:ST. MORITZ - GRISONS, CH
- Printer: Eidenbenz & Co. St. Gallen
- Country:
- Size: 101 x 64 cm / 39.8 x 25.2″
- Printing technique:Lithograph in colours
- Condition:
A
Excellent condition. Picture preserved completely. - Category:
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- Publications:A Century of Swiss Winter Sports Posters
Les Alpes à l’Affiche - Price:
up to CHF3000 / EUR 3000 / USD 3000 (recommended price)
