Artefacts

Sydney 2000, sports poster, fencing.

Physical description

Poster containing a watercolor representing a fencer. This painting is superimposed on a photograph of a landscape. Games emblem in the center right under the photo. Embossed and silver bilingual caption (English-French): "Games of the XXVII Olympiad / An official Sydney 2000 Olympic Poster ". On the back is a quote from Pierre de Coubertin: "A country can truly call itself sporting / when the majority of its people feel / a personal need for sport...".

Materials

paper

Colors

red, white, yellow

Dimension

91 x 65 cm