Nov 10, 2001 - Sale 1914

Sale 1914 - Lot 29

Price Realized: $ 5,980
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 6,000 - $ 9,000
EMIL CARDINAUXPALACE HOTEL / ST. MORITZ. 1922.
50 1/2x36 1/8 inches. Wolfsberg, Zurich.
Condition A.
Evocative, painterly, almost impressionistic, Cardinaux, in his simple, bold stlye, depicts an Alpine golf round and a pic-nic. One of two in a series he did for the famous resort hotel, the other, a winter scene, depicts skaters around an ice rink. In both, employing casual grace and compelling composition, Cardinaux depicts tableaux, which while not directly promoting the hotel being advertised, nevertheless create a mood, a style, a fashion statement which clearly reflects on the manner of people who stay in such an establishment. Tourism #128.