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Pontresina Engadine
Artist: Herbert Matter
Year: 1935
Size: 102 x 65 cm / 40.2 x 25.6″
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About this poster
Born in Switzerland in 1907, Herbert Matter studied in Paris, where he worked with Ozenfant and Cassandre. In 1932 he returned to Switzerland and subsequently designed a number of travel posters for the Swiss National Tourism Office which received international attention. His unique use of photomontage and typography heralded the modern photographic poster.
Artist: Herbert Matter
Born 1907 in Engelberg, died 1984 in New York. Herbert Matter was trained at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Geneva from 1923 to 1925 and at the Académie Moderne in Paris (by Léger) between 1928 and 1929.
In Paris, he worked with A.M. Cassandre on posters, with Le Corbusier (Jeanneret) on architecture and exhibition design, and with Deberny & Peignot as a photographer and typographer until 1932, the year h... more
Born 1907 in Engelberg, died 1984 in New York. Herbert Matter was trained at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Geneva from 1923 to 1925 and at the Académie Modern ...
In Paris, he worked with A.M. Cassandre on posters, with Le Corbusier (Jeanneret) on architecture and exhibition design, and with Deberny & Peignot as a photographer and typographer until 1932, the year h... more
Poster details
- Poster No.: 4981
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- Printer: Conzett & Huber AG, Zürich
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- Size: 102 x 65 cm / 40.2 x 25.6″
- Printing technique:Photogravure Printing
- Condition:
B+/J
Very good condition. Picture completely preserved. Wrinkles and tears possible. Fairly good. Mounted on acid-free Japanese vellum. - Category:
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- Publications:Das Schweizer Plakat - L‘affiche suisse - The Swiss Poster
Fotoplakate - von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart
Graubünden im Plakat - Eine kleine Geschichte der Tourismuswerbung 1890 bis heute.
Herbert Matter - Price:
up to CHF5000 / EUR 5000 / USD 5000 (recommended price)
