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One sheet This is a vintage Swiss travel poster titled "Bern - Loetschberg - Simplon," designed by the Bernese painter and graphic artist Victor Surbek (also spelled Viktor Surbek) around 1950–1959.
Key Details
• Artist: Victor Surbek (1885–1975), whose signature (V. Surbek) appears in the bottom right corner. He was known for bridging fine art and graphic design through expressive, painterly brushstrokes.
• Subject: The poster promotes the historic Bern–Lötschberg–Simplon (BLS) railway route, a major scenic Alpine crossing linking northern Switzerland (Bern) through the Lötschberg and Simplon tunnels toward Italy.
• Printing & Medium: Color lithograph printed in Switzerland by Art. Institut Orell Füssli AG, Zürich (noted as Edition 515 along the lower right margin).
• Dimensions: Standard Swiss Weltformat size, measuring approximately 102 × 64 cm (40 × 25 inches).
• Typography: Features the railway line across the top and the country's name in four languages (Schweiz, Suisse, Svizzera, Switzerland) in the bottom left corner. |
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