Superbagnères - Luchon. Sports d'hiver / Cappiello. – Historic Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Superbagnères - Luchon. Sports d'hiver / Cappiello., a vintage poster rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Superbagnères - Luchon. Sports d'hiver / Cappiello.
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Superbagnères, a winter sports station above the spa town of Bagnères-de-Luchon in the French Pyrenees, is the subject of this 1929 poster. Leonetto Cappiello, the Italian-born artist who became one of Paris's most recognized poster designers, created it for the Chemins de Fer du Midi, the railway company that carried visitors south toward the mountains. His bold shapes and flat areas of color suited the subject of skiing, and the piece shows how railway companies of the period used posters to make mountain holidays look modern and fashionable.
| Created / published | Paris : Chemins de Fer du Midi, 1929. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color. |
| Genre | Advertisements 1920-1930.Travel posters French 1920-1930.Prints Color 1920-1930. |
| Notes | Promotional goal: Fr. E3. 1929. Promotional goal: Fr. K3 (skiing). 1929. |
| Subjects | Skiing--France--Bagnères-de-Luchon--1920-1930. Tourism--France--Bagnères-de-Luchon--1920-1930. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,169 × 1,473 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218385 |
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