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Ilmari Sysimetsä (1912-1955)
Lot 143

Ilmari Sysimetsä (1912-1955)

XVth OLYMPIC GAMES, HELSINKI, FINLAND 1952

Closed1 November 2012

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GBP 625

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Ilmari Sysimetsä (1912-1955)
XVth OLYMPIC GAMES, HELSINKI, FINLAND 1952
offset lithograph in colours, 1951, printed by Oy. Tilgmann AB., condition A-; backed on linen
39 x 24½in. (99 x 62cm.)

Specialist note

The central image in this poster is based on a bronze statue of the heroic Finnish runner Paavo Nurmi and was originally designed for the cancelled 1940 Games.