Live Auction 6015Vintage Posters and Olympic Icons
Olle Hjortzberg (1872-1959)
Lot 2

Olle Hjortzberg (1872-1959)

OLYMPIC GAMES, STOCKHOLM 1912

Closed18 April 2012

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GBP 1,250

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Olle Hjortzberg (1872-1959)
OLYMPIC GAMES, STOCKHOLM 1912
lithograph in colours, 1911, printed by A.Börtzells Tr.A.B. Stockholm, condition B; backed on linen
40½ x 29in. (104 x 74cm.)

Specialist note

Just 350 copies of the Chinese version of this poster were printed, however it was banned from display in China for being "offensive to Chinese ideas of decency" (Olympic Posters, p.21)