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Zurich Tonhalle Masked Ball
Artist: Emil Cardinaux
Year: 1914
Size: 126 x 96 cm / 49.6 x 37.8″
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up to CHF3000 / EUR 3000 / USD 3000 (recommended price)
About this poster
A few months before the outbreak of World War I, this charming Jugendstil poster by Emil Cardinaux advertised the masked ball at the Zurich Tonhalle concert hall. Two masked figures meet behind the scenes, hidden from the bright stage light which bathes the scene in an inviting golden colour. A rare and decorative poster that surely attracted a large and fashionable audience in its time and delights lovers of art and theatre today.
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.: 598
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- Company: Tonhalle-Gesellschaft, Zürich, CH
- Printer: Graphische Anstalt J. E. Wolfensberger AG, Zürich, CH
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- Size: 126 x 96 cm / 49.6 x 37.8″
- 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:Art Nouveau and the Swiss Poster
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