XXeme Anniversaire du Retablissement des Jeux Olympiques,
- 1914
- Edouard Elzingre
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28 1/2 x 40 1/2 inches ~ (71 x 101 cm)$3,650
- Linen backed
Linen backing is the industry standard of conservation. Canvas is stretchered and a sheet of acid free barrier paper is laid down. The poster is then pasted to the acid free paper using an acid free paste. This process is fully reversible and gives support to the poster. A border of linen is left around the poster and can be used by a framer to mount the poster so that nothing touches the poster itself.
The price of this poster includes linen backing.
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Rare olympic poster for the XXth Anniversary of the Revival of the Olympic Games 1894-1914 on the occasion of the VIth Olympic Congress, held in Paris in June 1914.
The ceremony took place in the Sorbonne, where, twenty years earlier, the Olympic Committee was revived and the IOC created. During this Congress the first Olympic flag was presented by its creator, Pierre de CoubertinThe figure of a man wearing a golden laurel wreath and carrying a gold figure of Victory, sits astride a horse as his red cape billows behind him. The horse is flanked by two men, each wearing a circlet and carrying a garland of roses.
Printed by Atar, Genève
