Date: 1914

Size: 29" x 40" (73 x 102cms)

Condition A, archival mounting to older linen.

Artist: EDOUARD ELZINGRE (1880-1966)

Description: PRINTER: Affiches Atar, Genève. In 1914, members of the sixth Olympic Congress met in Paris to plan the forthcoming Olympic events. They used the occasion to hold a special ceremony in the large amphitheater of the Sorbonne where, in 1894, the International Olympic Committee had been created and the ancient Greek games were officially revived. This heroic poster celebrates the 20th anniversary of that event. At the ceremony, Pierre de Coubertin—the Frenchman who had conceived the whole project—was honored by being presented with the flag from the first modern Games held in Athens.  image celebrating the early days of the modern Olympics. The Olympics didn't happen that year as they were cancelled due to the First World War. Great piece of early Olympic history.

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