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Centennial Olympic Games Collection

Print
1996 (published)
Artist/Maker
The Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (ACOG) (publisher)
Place of origin
United States of America (published)

This collector's card was one of the official products licensed by The Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (ACOG). Atlanta hosted the games in 1996 and various commemorative souvenirs were produced to mark the centenary year of the modern Olympics.

Object details

Category
Olympics
Object type
Print
TitleCentennial Olympic Games Collection (series title)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithography and foil blocking on card
Brief description
Collector's card from the Centennial Olympic Games Collection series pulished by The Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games, 1996.
Physical description
Rectangular card printed on the front with a colour reproduction of the poster for the 1948 Sport in Art exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum (portrait format) and on the back with a list of Olympic champion women javelin-throwers (landscape format).
Dimensions
  • Height: 8.9cm
  • Width: 6.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • CENTENNIAL OLYMPIC GAMES / COLLECTION (Lettered in gold along the top and bottom edges of the front of the card.)
  • THE VICTORIA AND / ALBERT MUSUEM / XIVTH OLYMPIAD / SPORT IN ART / EXHIBITION / LONDON 1948 / MONDAY, TUESDAY, THURSDAY & FRIDAY 10-6 / 15 JULY - 14 AUGUST / WEDNESDAY & SATURDAY 10-10 SUNDAY 2.30-6 (On the front, lettered in dark brown within the design.)
Credit line
Given by Seth Ellerin
Subjects depicted
Hurdler
Hurdle
Summary
This collector's card was one of the official products licensed by The Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (ACOG). Atlanta hosted the games in 1996 and various commemorative souvenirs were produced to mark the centenary year of the modern Olympics.
Associated objects
Other number
69 - Series number
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.524-2009

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Record createdOctober 29, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1139614/centennial-olympic-games-collection-print-the-atlanta-committee/
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