Artefacts

Los Angeles 1932, sketch for the winner diploma and participation diploma.

Physical description

Sketch on a very thin parchment paper. The side figures are missing, but the stadium and antique athletes take a large place in the center. Incomplete frieze of laurel and meanders. Caption: "XTH OLYMPIADE / LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA 1932".

Created

Created: Harry Muir KURTZWORTH

Materials

paper

Colors

white, orange, black

Dimension

38 x 50.5 cm

Literature

LENNARTZ, Karl. Olympische Siege: Medaillen, Diplome, Ehrungen. Berlin : Sportverlag, cop. 2000. 474 p. ISBN 3-328-00865-9. Xth Olympiade Committee of the Games of Los Angeles. The Games of the Xth Olympiad Los Angeles 1932 : official report. Los Angeles : Xth Olympiade Committee of the Games of Los Angeles, 1932.

Type of item

Archives and Documents -> diploma -> winner's diploma

Reference number

236551

Keywords

participation diploma Los Angeles 1932, Olympic Games United States of America Antiquity Sports antiques Divinités grecques Stadium

Notes

Los Angeles 1932, sketches and drafts for the winners’ diploma and participants’ diploma. Drawings and sketches help to explain the creative process and the printing techniques for a winners’ diploma in 1932. This type of document therefore shines a valuable light on the history of creativity at the Games. Auction purchase