Artefacts

Munich 1972, artistic poster.

Physical description

Surrealist poster in the style of De Chirico, featuring a landscape with three cubes (remembering a landscape), a measuring scale, a pole (?) and a cloud of smoke. Games' emblem and olympic symbol. Caption "Olympia 1972 München".

Created

Created: Edition Olympia 1972 GmbH Created: Hans Jürgen KLEINHAMMES

Materials

paper

Colors

multi coloured

Dimension

84 x 59.4 cm

Type of item

Posters -> artistic poster

Reference number

238127

Keywords

Cultural event during the Olympic Games podium Munich 1972, Olympic Games Athletics Occidental art of the 20th century emblem Olympic symbol

Notes

Munich 1972, artistic posters. A series of posters created by contemporary artists were commissioned by the Organising Committee for the Munich 1972 Games. These ones were designed by German artists Hans Jürgen Kleinhammes, Gerd Winner and Günter Desch. Purchase