Artefacts

JACOBY, Jean. Series. Discobolus throwing his discus, Berlin 1936.

Physical description

Discobolus naked in a twiting movement, being about to throw his discus.Caption: (Greek: "Disco d'au panton poly faetatos ien Eletreus"). Signed: Jean Jacoby lower right.

Created

Created: Jean JACOBY

Materials

paper

Colors

brown, white

Dimension

55 x 39.5 cm

Literature

STANTON, Richard, The Forgotten Olympic Art Competitions, Trafford: Victoria, 2000. Organisationskomitee für die XI. Olympiade Berlin 1936. The XIth Olympic Games Berlin, 1936 : official report, vol. I. Berlin : W. Limpert, cop. 1937. Pilo Fonck. Le sport Grand-ducal aux Jeux Olympiques du XXème siècle. Luxembourg : Ed. Saint-Paul, 1999. ZABLOCKI, Wojciech. Olympiskie Konkursy Sztuki/Olympic Art Competitions, 1912-1948. Warsaw: National Museum, 2004. DEVILLE, Adolphe. Jean Jacoby. Imprimerie Centrale, Luxembourg, 1967.

Type of item

Artworks -> print

Reference number

37606

Original title

Le discobole

Keywords

Cultural event during the Olympic Games art competition 1936 Athlete Berlin 1936, Olympic Games Ancient Greece Male Athletics Javelin Sport and Art Discobolus