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One sheet vintage travel poster for Zermatt, Switzerland, featuring the Gornergrat Railway and the iconic Matterhorn mountain.
Poster Details
Subject: It promotes the Gornergrat Bahn (Gornergrat Railway), a world-famous cogwheel railway that takes passengers from Zermatt to the Gornergrat ridge.
Artist/Photographer: The poster is based on photography by Klopfenstein (specifically Gyger & Klopfenstein).
Production: Various editions were printed, including a lithograph in colors from an original photograph printed in 1989 by Wigra of Zurich to promote the railway. Other versions or similar designs from this photography team date back as far as the early 1950s.
Visuals: It depicts a red electric railcar climbing the snowy slopes of the Swiss Alps, with the Matterhorn's distinctive pyramid peak (elevation 4,478 m) towering in the background. |
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