Artefacts

Albertville 1992, sports and venues poster, ski jumping at Courchevel.

Physical description

Poster containing a photograph of a heavily pixilated skier executing a ski jumping. Captions: "Saut" on the top, "Courchevel" over the pictogram of ski jumping on the left side and "XVIes Jeux Olympiques / d'hiver / Savoie France" with the Games emblem on the bottom. The photograph is accompanied by the French colors which accentuate the effect of motion.

Created

Created: Desgrippes Gobé & Associés Created: Agence Vandystadt Created: L'Avenir Graphique Created: Comité d'organisation des Jeux olympiques d'hiver d'Albertville et de la Savoie (1987)

Materials

paper

Colors

gray, multi coloured, white

Dimension

80 x 53.4 cm

Literature

Comité d'organisation des XVIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver d'Albertville et de la Savoie, 1992. Rapport officiel des XVIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver d'Albertville et de la Savoie = Official report of the XVI Olympic Winter Games of Albertville and Savoie. Albertville : Comité d'organisation des XVIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver d'Albertville et de la Savoie, 1992, 1992. ISBN 2950710905.

Type of item

Posters -> sport poster

Reference number

37903

Keywords

Albertville 1992, Olympic Winter Games France Courchevel Ski Jumping emblem Pictogram

Notes

Albertville 1992 Sports poster, ski jumping. This poster shows a photograph of a heavily pixilated ski jumper. It is part of a 12-poster series of Olympic venues and sports created by the photo agency Tempsport. In the mid-1950s, Swiss jumper Andreas Daescher became the first jumper to hold his arms backwards close to the body with a more extreme forward lean. The Olympic Museum Collections