Oct 25, 2018 - Sale 2490

Sale 2490 - Lot 88

Price Realized: $ 17,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 15,000 - $ 20,000
EMIL CARDINAUX (1877-1936) ST. MORITZ. 1918.
50x35 3/4 inches, 127x90 1/4 cm. J.E. Wolfensberger, Zurich.
Condition B+: minor restored losses, repaired tears, creases and restoration in margins; minor creases in text and image; ink number in upper left corner.
Colorfully-clad cross-country skiers and horse-drawn sleighs wind their way through the peaceful winter wonderland of St. Moritz. As in many of Cardinaux's finest winter designs, "the prevailing feature of the poster is the white snow" (Swiss Winter Sports p. 42). Swiss Winter Sports 49 (var), Art of Skiing p. 92, Sports d'Hiver p. 66, Alpi / Manifesti 20, Cardinaux 53, Touristik 45.