Olympic Games Posters etc.
First taking place in Athens in 1896, the modern Olympic Games fast became the world’s foremost sporting competition. When they next took place six years later, the host city of Stockholm commissioned the first official poster and the art form has played an essential part in the Games ever since.
This is part 3 of a 5-part series on Olympic Ephemera:
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| 1968 Mexico 1968 Olympic Games |
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| 1968 Mexico 1968 Olympic Games |
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| 1972 Munich Olympic Games |
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| 1972 Munich Olympic Games |
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| 1972 Munich Olympic Games |
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| 1972 Munich Olympic Games |
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| 1972 Munich Olympic Games |
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| 1972 Munich Olympic Games |
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| 1972 Munich Olympic Games |
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| 1972 Munich Olympic Games |
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| 1972 Munich Olympic Games |
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| 1972 Munich Olympic Games |
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| 1972 Munich Olympic Games |
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| 1972 Munich Olympic Games |
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| Munich Olympic Games, Munich 1972 poster by David Hockney |
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| 1972 XI Olympic Winter Games, Sapporo |
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| Montréal 1976 |
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| Montréal Olympics 1976 artist Tom George |
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| Montréal 1976 |
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| Kingstone 1976, Montréal |
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| 1976 Winter Olympic Games, Innsbruck |
1980 Moscow Olympics
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| 1980 Moscow Olympics |
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| 1980 Moscow Olympics |
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| 1980 Moscow Olympics |
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| 1980 Moscow Olympics |
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| 1980 Moscow Olympics |
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| 1980 Moscow Olympics |
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| 1980 Moscow Olympics |
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| XIII Winter Olympic Games - Lake Placid 1980 |
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| Games of the XXIIIrd Olympiad Los Angeles 1984 |
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| Games of the XXIIIrd Olympiad Los Angeles 1984 |
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| Levi's Official Outfitter of the 1984 U.S. Olympic Team |
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| Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games |
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| Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games |
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| Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games artist Kevin Hosmann |
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| Sarajevo '84 XIV Olympic Games |
lithographs in the The Museum of Modern Art, New York:
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| “Column with Rings” by Milton Glaser |
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| “Speedskater” by Andy Warhol |
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| "The Skater" by David Hockney |
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| “The Tortoise and the Hare” by Kyu-Baik Hwang |
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| "XIV Olympic Winter Games" by Victor Vasarely |
