LOT DETAILS

Materials:

Lithograph printed in colors

Measurements:

39.37 in. (100.00 cm.) (height) by 27.56 in. (70.00 cm.) (width)

Condition:

Condition: A-.

Literature:

Gex 2006, page 7; Giroud 2006, No. 130; Wyder 2005, No. 35, page 32; Ballu 1998, page 57; Rotzler/Schärer/Wobmann 1990, page 235; Exhibition catalog. Ferdinand Hodler und das Schweizer Künstlerplakat, No. 257, page 140; Margadant 1983, No. 268, page 165; Wobmann 1980, No. 83, page 87. Towards the end of the last century, in the winter, the descent from high mountains could hardly be managed otherwise than on skis. Charmingly designed in coloured-pencil technique, this 1916 poster by Albert Muret shows the descents of the Monks from the hospice on the Great St. Bernard Pass and advertises the Martigny-Orsières railway. A kind of funny but emotional historical testimony