Carigiet on display

Alois Carigiet designed over 100 posters, some of which are shown in the exhibition. In the foreground, showcase display of drafts for the magazine "Schweizer Spiegel”. Photograph: Swiss National Museum. © Heirs of Alois Carigiet Foto: SNM © Alois Carigiet Erben
Cornichon poster by Alois Carigiet, 1938. Alois Carigiet co-founded the Cabaret Cornichon in 1934. He designed the cornichon bird as the cabaret’s signet for posters and programme brochures. Photograph: City Archives of Zurich. © Heirs of Alois Carigiet Stadtarchiv Zürich © Alois Carigiet Erben
Alois Carigiet, Florina, 1975. Watercolour on canvas. Draft for the fresco for the cheese dairy in Trun. Photograph: Swiss National Museum. On loan, privately owned. © Heirs of Alois Carigiet Foto: SNM © Alois Carigiet Erben
Children’s portraits done by Emil Brunner in 1943/1944, around the same time as “Schellen-Ursli” (“A Bell for Ursli”) was being written and illustrated. On loan from Fotostiftung Winterthur, Hugger Collection. Photograph: Swiss National Museum. © Heirs of Alois Carigiet Foto: SNM © Alois Carigiet Erben
“Switzerland invites you” poster by Alois Carigiet, 1937. Poster for the Swiss tourism association (Schweizerische Zentrale für Verkehrsförderung). Photograph: Swiss National Museum. © Heirs of Alois Carigiet Foto: SNM. © Alois Carigiet Erben
Alois Carigiet in his studio, August 31, 1972. Photographer: Jules Geiger. © Fotostiftung Graubünden/Heirs of Alois Carigiet © Fotostiftung Graubünden/Alois Carigiet Erben