Étoile du Nord
Poster
1927 (printed)
1927 (printed)
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This is a poster for the French railway company Chemin de Fer du Nord. Since the 19th century, French railway posters generally depicted picturesque views or bathing ‘belles’ in order to attract tourists to rail travel. Adolphe Mouron Cassandre (1901-1968) broke with this tradition by focusing on images of the train and the railway itself. He often endowed them with a new feeling of speed and the romanticism of distant travel.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Étoile du Nord (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Colour lithograph on paper |
| Brief description | Colour lithograph poster by A. M. Cassandre entitled 'Étoile du Nord', advertising the French railway company, Chemin de Fer du Nord. France, 1927 |
| Physical description | Poster |
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| Credit line | Given by Messrs Thomas Cook & Son. Copyright ADAGP, Paris, and DACS, London 1997 |
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| Summary | This is a poster for the French railway company Chemin de Fer du Nord. Since the 19th century, French railway posters generally depicted picturesque views or bathing ‘belles’ in order to attract tourists to rail travel. Adolphe Mouron Cassandre (1901-1968) broke with this tradition by focusing on images of the train and the railway itself. He often endowed them with a new feeling of speed and the romanticism of distant travel. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.224-1935 |
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| Record created | February 13, 2003 |
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