EMIL CARDINAUX (1877-1936) SCHUSTER & CO. 1924. 50x35 1/2 inches, 127x90 cm. Wolfsberg, Zurich. Condition B+: repaired tears at edges; creases in margins and image; staining in upper right corner; horizontal folds. Japan. Cardinaux designed his first poster for Schuster, an oriental rug company, in 1916, depicting a languorous beauty reclining on a couch. In 1924, for his second poster, he employs a sophisticated mannerist style to evoke an Orientalist theme in line with the tales of 1001 Arabian Nights. Cardinaux 96.
