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Saturday, 01 December 2018, 02:00 pm

Emil Cardinaux, Jungfrau-Bahn - Berner Oberland

Lot 2127

Emil Cardinaux, 1877-1936 (CH)

Jungfrau-Bahn - Berner Oberland, 1910

Lithograph printed in colors.
H 1010 mm W 720 mm.

Graph. Anstalt J.E. Wolfensberger, Zurich

CHF4'500 / 6'000
EUR4'200 / 5'400
USD4'800 / 6'300

Hammer Price: CHF 6'000

Annotation:

Condition: A.

Literature:
Giroud/Schlup 2005, page 124;
Exhibition catalogue, Zürich 1985, page 17.

With this beautiful poster lithograph, Emil Cardinaux created a masterpiece of Swiss poster art in 1910. The Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau mountain range thrones in the background, while a party of mountain climbers make their way between the seracs of a mighty glacier in the foreground. This Wolfensberger lithograph is in perfect condition.