Olympic Games Print - Munich 1972

Reproduction of an original design

Poster for the Games of the XX Olympiad held in Munich in 1972

This was the "happy games" however the games were overshadowed by the Munich massacre which took place during the games

The poster features some of the famous architecture designed for the games, the Oympiaturm (communications tower) are clearly visible as well as some of the sweeping canopies of acrylic glass stabilized by metal ropes, used on such a large scale for the first time and now commonplace

Also featured is the emblem of the Games a blue solar logo (the "Bright Sun") by Hungarian artist Viktor Vasarely

30 x 40 cm / 12 x 16 inches

Plain border of 1cm around image to allow for framing if required