A steam locomotive comes out of a mountain tunnel, and the Bionnassay Glacier hangs above it. Roger Broders (1883 to 1953) designed the poster in 1930 for the Paris-Lyon-Méditerranée railway, PLM. It belonged to a campaign for the Mont-Blanc tramway, which ran from St-Gervais towards the glacier. The line reached 2,372 metres, at Nid d'Aigle, before construction stopped in 1914.
On the poster
The locomotive is small against the Bionnassay Glacier and the Mont-Blanc massif above. Bold blocks of cream and orange sit against white snow and the dark tunnel mouth, and the railway line is cut into the mountainside.
About this print
A digitally restored reproduction, printed on 200gsm Enhanced Matte Fine Art paper with pigment inks.

