Simplon Tunnels Internationale Ausstellung

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Artist/Maker	Metlicovitz, Leopoldo (artist)
Place of origin	Italy (printed)

This poster design was the prize-winning entry in a contest to produce a poster to celebrate the opening of the Simplon Tunnel through the Alps in 1906. It was printed in several languages. Leopoldo Metlicovitz (1869-1944) often used naked figures featuring romantic and mythological elements. Here the winged helmet suggests speed and the muscled torso indicates man’s triumphal feat of engineering.

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Categories	Prints Posters SCRAN
Object type	Poster
Title	Simplon Tunnels Internationale Ausstellung (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Colour lithograph Printing Ink Printing
Brief description	Poster for 'Simplon Tunnels Internationale Ausstelling', designed by Leopoldo Metlicovitz
Physical description	Poster
Dimensions	Height: 904mm Width: 503mm
Credit line	Copyright Casa Ricordi Historical Archive
Subjects depicted	Mythology Tunnels Exhibitions
Summary	This poster design was the prize-winning entry in a contest to produce a poster to celebrate the opening of the Simplon Tunnel through the Alps in 1906. It was printed in several languages. Leopoldo Metlicovitz (1869-1944) often used naked figures featuring romantic and mythological elements. Here the winged helmet suggests speed and the muscled torso indicates man’s triumphal feat of engineering.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.405-1982

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Record created	February 18, 2003
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O74654/simplon-tunnels-internationale-ausstellung-poster-metlicovitz-leopoldo/

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