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PKZ Fashion Store Burger-Kehl Zurich
Artist: Emil Cardinaux
Year: 1908
Size: 124 x 94 cm / 48.8 x 37″
About this poster
This beautiful vintage poster was designed by Emil Cardinaux for the PKZ fashion department of the Burger-Kehl company. The poster subject elegantly combines traditional Swiss elements such as the mountain peak and the typeface with the elegance and modernity of the clothing, all in a gentle Art Nouveau style. Rare colour lithograph from 1908.
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.: 1217
- Artist:
- Company: PKZ Burger-Kehl & Co. AG, Zürich, CH
- Brand:PKZ Burger-Kehl, CH
- Printer: Graphische Anstalt J. E. Wolfensberger AG, Zürich, CH
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- Size: 124 x 94 cm / 48.8 x 37″
- 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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