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Zurich Tonhalle Masked Ball
Artist: Emil Cardinaux
Year: 1911
Size: 126 x 96 cm / 49.6 x 37.8″
Price:
up to CHF3000 (recommended price)
About this poster
This charming vintage poster was designed by Emil Cardinaux in 1911 for the masked ball at the Tonhalle in Zurich. The poster achieves its effect through the elegant style of Art Nouveau and the playfully seductive theatrical scene.
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
- Artist:
- 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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