Object Details
Designer
Herbert Matter, Swiss-American, 1907–1984
Printer
A.Trüb & Cie, Aarau, Switzerland
Description
Image consists of an immense gloved hand half covering and obscuring the smiling face of a young woman on the left. Her face is swathed in a unified brown tone that underscores the graphic flatness of the poster. Behind her to the left, a lone ski-lift seat swings above the distant peaks of the Alps at Engleberg, Switzerland, specifically the ski run Trübsee, identified by the sans-serif letters at the upper right. The star motif emblazoned on the glove is subtly echoed by the linear stars that seem to hover at the lower right, across the glove itself and finally, just below the tram in the air at the upper left.
Credit Line
Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund
Date
1935
Accession Number
2006-15-1
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Copyright Notice
© Alex Matter
Type
graphic design
Object Name
Poster
Type
Poster
Medium
Two-color gravure on white wove paper
Dimensions
101.9 x 63.7 cm (40 1/8 x 25 1/16 in.)
Mat: 109.4 × 71.8 cm (43 1/16 × 28 1/4 in.)
made in
Switzerland
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_2006-15-1