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Large vintage poster from 1924 designed by Emil Cardinaux for the Jungfraubahn (Bernese Oberland, Switzerland).
THE DIFFERENT CONDITION OF A POSTER
If a poster is appreciated for its rarity, subject, signature or age and sometimes its size, it is also appreciated by its condition, which is an important component of its value. Please find below the different conditions of the posters proposed by www.posterissim.com
New : "mint". The poster has been handled but never used and has been carefully stored. This condition generally applies to the most recent posters.
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Excellent condition : also called "condition A" or "near mint". The condition of the poster is above average even if it shows slight traces of use. The poster has no major flaws and is not missing anything. Only minor defects are accepted, such as pinholes or slight discoloration on older objects. www.posterissim mainly sells posters in this condition.
Very good condition : or "very fine". The condition of the poster is close to "excellent condition" but with some additional defects such as slight tears or more pronounced folds.
Good condition : also known as "condition B". The visual is clean but has more pronounced defects than those of the previous conditions, sometimes with traces of moisture or yellowing of the paper. These defects have been often corrected during the restoration process, followed by washing and mounting.
Fair condition : "C" (suitable condition). The condition of the poster is below average, with a multiplication of defects (missing, discoloured, scotch, damaged edges), but remains very presentable.
Poor condition : or "condition D". Poster torn into several pieces, often with significant gaps and severe discoloration. Except for exceptional documents (historical or cultural) requiring extensive restoration, www.posterissim.com does not sell posters in this condition.
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LINENBACKING OF YOUR POSTERS
1. Why put a poster on linen?
An old poster is originally rolled up or held flat. An original old poster should be preserved as well as possible in time and be easily framed.
www.posterissim.com brings to each poster a long, delicate and expensive paper conservation treatment called "linenbacking". The linenbacking protects the poster from possible damage and gives the paper a structure that gives it an optimal hold in its frame.
www.posterissim.com calls on the best specialists in this particular technique, whose know-how and experience is recognised by amateurs and collectors all over the world.
2. The technique of linenbacking
The posters are first dry-dusted with gum powder and a brush. Then they are washed with clear water in large basins to refresh the colours and remove paper tension.
The still wet poster is applied to a linen or cotton canvas (Canvas) using a starch solution. A sheet of acid-free paper (Canson) is placed in between. The poster is thus kept at a neutral ph and acid-free to stabilize its colours and protect it from oxidation (yellowing of the paper). A drying time in a dust-free environment of 1 to 2 weeks is necessary depending on the size and type of paper.
A canvas margin of 3 to 5 cm is kept to protect the perimeter of the poster.
All our linenbackings are made with neutral materials that stabilize the acidity of the poster. We use noble techniques that are totally reversible.
Without the application of this technique, the poster, even if it is not damaged, may curl within its frame, thus undermining its artistic qualities and altering its appreciation.
For all these reasons, www.posterissim.com sells mostly, unless otherwise specified, linenbacked original posters.
The folded or rolled posters, purchased on the site www.posterissim.com, can be linenbacked by us (and restored if necessary) on request and after estimate.
www.posterissim.com does not offer a canvas mounting and/or restoration service for posters that do not come from the www.posterissim.com website.
At www.posterissim.com you are thus acquiring a beautiful collector's item that will follow you over time and that you will be proud to exhibit.
THE DIFFERENT PRINTING PROCESSES AT WWW.POSTERISSIM.COM
Below you will find the different printing processes for the posters that you can find on www.posterissim.com
Lithography was invented by the German playwright Aloys Senefelder in 1796 and had its heyday in the 19th century. It is a printing technique that allows the creation and reproduction in several copies of a drawing executed with ink or pencil on a limestone and is based on the principle of repulsion of water and fat. This process makes it possible to execute high quality works in quantity. Faster and cheaper than engraving, lithography has been used very often for the reproduction of commercial documents.
Screen printing is a printing technique that uses stencils (originally silk screens) interposed between the ink and the support (paper, cardboard, textile, metal, glass...). It allows the representation of very detailed independent graphics and was popularized by Andy Warhol.
Offset is a printing process that can be considered an improvement on its ancestor, lithography: the lithographic stone is replaced by a layer (or cylinder). Currently the major process of professional printing, offset printing, makes it possible to cover a relatively wide range of print runs (beyond a few hundred thousand copies, rotogravure is preferred). This printing process provides quality products at a relatively low cost. It has many other advantages such as quick start-up, stable inking, fast drying, etc... Offset in video HERE.
Rotogravure is a technique born in the 1820s from the research of Joseph Nicéphore Niépce, particularly adapted to very long print runs where a high quality of reproduction is required. A process of intaglio printing, rotogravure allows the transfer of an image on a copper plate thanks to a photosensitive gelatine. The screen is not visible, unlike halftone printing. The blacks are very deep where the ink layer is thick, while it is very thin in the lighter areas.
Digigraphy is a process for reproducing works of art created digitally on large-format inkjet printers. Label created by Epson in 2003, it concerns the reproduction of any type of artistic creation: photography, painting, collage, drawing, watercolour, digital creation... A Digigraphie is necessarily a limited edition print: it must bear a number indicating the total number of the series and the number of the print, as well as the handwritten signature of the artist and an official stamp.
The giclée is a very faithful reproduction process on inkjet printers on paper or canvas that allows a reproduction of the image in very high definition on large format digital printers. Unlike lithography, where all proofs could be considered as originals, with giclees, all proofs become reproductions.
The difference between lithography and screen printing: Lithographs and serigraphs are both flat prints. Lithography reproduces a line executed on a limestone, whereas silkscreen printing is a technique that uses silk screens between the ink and the support.
The difference between lithography and offset: Offset is one of the printing processes known as "direct", which consists of transferring the entire print directly onto the substrate. Lithography involves spreading ink on a surface, with dry and wet areas, and only the ink spread on the dry area is transferred to the substrate.
THE ARTIST'S SIGNATURE ON AN ORIGINAL VINTAGE POSTER
THE ARTIST'S SIGNATURE ON AN ORIGINAL VINTAGE POSTER Stemming from the tradition of goldsmiths who signed their creations with a hallmark, the artist's signature on a poster (usually on the front of the poster in the lower right-hand corner) indicates that the artist has completed and approved the work.This practice became widespread in the 19th century with the development of the art market.The signature is usually printed directly on the plate, sometimes accompanied by the year in which the work was created.Sometimes, however, the document is neither signed nor dated. It is therefore considered anonymous, but retains its character as an original poster.Some posters are hand-signed by the artist and sometimes numbered.These are specific editions or prints, and are mentioned on the product sheet of www.posterissim.com.The signature is an important guarantee of authenticity for the buyer and collector, and the vast majority of www.posterissim.com posters are signed. The artist can sign in many different ways. The following is a non-exhaustive list:1. Complete, like Roger Broders :
2. By the initial of the name accompanied by a symbol, like R. Gruau (G) :
3. As initials of first name and surname as Emile Cardinaux (E.C) :
4. Using a pseudonym like Georges Taboureau (Sandy Hook) :
5. Condensed and dated, like Justin Marie Georges Dorival (Géo Dorival):
6. Taking the form of a “logo”, like Charles Hallo (Alo):
7. With the creation of a monogram, as by Henri de ToulouseLautrec:
MAIN FORMATS OF MOVIE POSTERS
The formats of the original movie posters have many variations depending on the country. For the sake of clarity, only the most commonly used formats will be discussed here.
They are represented at www.posterissim.com by a pictogram (), to easily compare the size of a poster to the size of a man.
French movie posters
Very large formats : these formats are discontinued today.
a) Giant: 158 X 118 inches ('') or 400 X 300 centimeters ("cm"), intended for the subway.
b) 4 panels: 94 X 125'' (240 X 320 cm).
c) 2 panels: 94 X 63'' (240 X 160 cm).
Large format (the reference format for French movie posters) : 47 X 63'' (120 X 160 cm).
Small current format: 23 X 32'' (60 X 80 cm) until the 80's then 15 X 21'' (40 X 60 cm) thereafter.
Pant size (for cinema doors and Morris columns): 23 X 63'' (60 X 160 cm).
American movie posters
US One Sheet (most common format): 27 X 41'' (69 X 104 cm). Single or Double-sided ("DS").
US Half sheet: 22 X 28'' (55 X 71 cm).
US 3 sheets: 41 X 81'' (104 X 205 cm).
Italian movie posters
2 fogli (most common format): 39 X 55'' (100 X 140 cm).
4 fogli: 55 X 78'' (140 X 200 cm).
Locandina: 13 X 27'' (33 X 69 cm).
Japanese movie posters
B2 (most common format): 20 X 29'' (51 X 74 cm).
B3 (Nakazuri): 14 X 20'' (35 X 50 cm). Double-sided.
Belgian movie posters
14 X 22" (35 X 55 cm). The most common format in Belgium.
Movie posters from other countries
Daybill (Australia): 13 X 30" (33 X 76 cm). Most common format.
One sheet (Poland): 27 X 40" (69 X 101 cm).
British Quad (UK): 30 X 40" (76 X 101 cm). The most common format, with the particularity of being horizontal.
Double Crown (UK): 20 X 30" (50 X 76 cm).
Czech Republic and Germany: 23 X 33'' (58 X 83 cm). Standard size.
Alternative movie posters
Small: 18 X 24" (46 X 61 cm).
Normal: 24 X 36" (61 X 91 cm). Most common format.
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A handful of skiers facing the vastness of a glacier: Émile Cardinaux transforms the majesty of the high Alps into a spectacular image from the golden age of Swiss travel.
Created in 1924 for the Jungfrau Railway (Jungfraubahn), this remarkable original vintage poster by Émile Cardinaux (1877–1936) ranks among the great Alpine compositions of the celebrated Swiss poster artist. Specialist references document this version as a stone lithograph, printed by Wolfsberg in Zurich, in an impressive large format of approximately 127 × 91 cm / 50 × 35.8 in.
At the beginning of the 20th century, mountain railways radically changed the way Europeans experienced the Alps. Peaks and glaciers once accessible mainly to mountaineers could now be reached by travellers and the growing number of winter sports enthusiasts.
The Jungfrau Railway, the spectacular cogwheel railway whose line to the Jungfraujoch was completed in 1912, perfectly embodies this new era: a time when technological achievement, tourism and fascination with the high mountains came together.
Yet Cardinaux chose not to depict the train itself.
Instead, he shows what the railway had made possible: the extraordinary experience of standing in the very heart of the high Alps.
The composition is masterful.
In the foreground, a small group of skiers prepares to venture onto the vast snowy landscape. Their figures, rendered in warm yellows and browns, appear almost insignificant against the immense glacier and the succession of Alpine peaks beyond.
A solitary red flag planted in the snow provides the scene's most striking splash of colour.
Then the eye travels into the distance.
The glacier forms a monumental natural perspective leading towards the mountains of the Bernese Oberland. Cardinaux uses the dark rocky slopes as powerful graphic diagonals, framing the landscape and dramatically increasing its sense of depth.
Above them, an enormous pale sky occupies much of the composition. Its simplicity gives the poster an extraordinary feeling of space, silence and altitude.
Man is present, but the mountain remains supreme.
Émile Cardinaux is regarded as one of the pioneers of the modern Swiss poster. His work accompanied the spectacular growth of Swiss tourism and helped establish an imagery that would become inseparable from Switzerland itself: monumental mountains, brilliant snow, winter sports and landscapes reduced to powerful areas of colour.
His talent is particularly evident in this Jungfraubahn poster.
Rather than filling the image with detail, Cardinaux simplifies the landscape. Deep blues structure the mountains, subtle pink and ochre tones warm the exposed rock, while the immense whiteness of the glacier becomes an almost abstract surface.
The monumental red lettering JUNGFRAUBAHN anchors the composition below the image. The deep blue BERNER OBERLAND, SCHWEIZ completes a remarkably balanced design whose restricted colour palette contributes greatly to its striking modernity.
Cardinaux's original posters devoted to the Jungfrau and the Jungfrau Railway are particularly desirable among collectors. The artist produced several compositions promoting this famous Alpine destination, and the different designs should not be confused with one another.
This particular version, featuring the skiers overlooking the glacier, is documented as dating from 1924, in the impressive format of approximately 127 × 91 cm / 50 × 35.8 in.
Its appeal extends far beyond the world of skiing.
The poster brings together several highly collectible themes: the golden age of railway travel, the Swiss Alps, the early development of winter sports and the history of Swiss graphic design.
Above all, this is a genuine period advertising poster, not a later decorative reproduction. This distinction is especially important for an image that has subsequently been reproduced in many modern formats.
With its vast pale-blue sky, luminous expanses of snow and spectacular red typography, this poster has an unexpectedly contemporary presence.
Displayed in a modern interior, mountain chalet or collection devoted to travel and winter sports, it has almost the presence of a landscape painting.
Its impressive size enhances the effect even further: from a distance, the eye first encounters the monumental glacier and surrounding peaks; closer inspection reveals the skiers, the upright skis planted in the snow and the many subtle details created by the lithographic printing process.
A genuine collector's piece as well as a spectacular work of interior decoration.
1928 - Emile Cardinaux
1946 - Edward Weber
circa 1920 - Unknown
1950 - Hans Jegerlehner
1924 - Roger Soubie
circa 1955 - Charles Rohonyi
