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VIIe Olympiade - Anvers

Poster
1920 (made)
Artist/Maker
Ven, Walter Van Der (designer)
Place of origin
Belgium (made)

Poster, 'VIIe Olympiade - Anvers (Belgique) Août-Septembre 1920', celebrating the 7th Olympiad in Belgium. The figure of a male nude hovers above the city of Antwerp in Belgium. He is poised to throw a discus, and a red cloth covers his groin. Behind him is a billowing cloth made of many flags. In the upper right corner of the poster is a coat of arms, a red shield with a white castle, presented on a circular shield decorated with a garland of flowers, a sword and a laurel wreath.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Sport
Advertising
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleVIIe Olympiade - Anvers (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Lithograph
Lithography
Brief description
Poster, 'VIIe Olympiade - Anvers (Belgique) Août-Septembre 1920', celebrating the 7th Olympiad in Belgium, 1920
Physical description
Poster, 'VIIe Olympiade - Anvers (Belgique) Août-Septembre 1920', celebrating the 7th Olympiad in Belgium. The figure of a male nude hovers above the city of Antwerp in Belgium. He is poised to throw a discus, and a red cloth covers his groin. Behind him is a billowing cloth made of many flags. In the upper right corner of the poster is a coat of arms, a red shield with a white castle, presented on a circular shield decorated with a garland of flowers, a sword and a laurel wreath.
Dimensions
  • Image height: 790mm
  • Image width: 555mm
  • Support height: 88.8cm
  • Support width: 66.1cm
  • Sheet height: 854mm
  • Sheet width: 620mm
Marks and inscriptions
'- VIIE OLYMPIADE - / ANVERS (BELGIQUE) / 1920 AOUT-SEPTEMBRE 1920 / SUBSIDIEE PAR LES POUVOIRS PUBLICS' (At the bottom of the poster)
Translation
7th Olympiad, Antwerp (Belgium), August - September 1920, Subsidised by the public authorities
Subjects depicted
Men
Figures
Cities
Cathedrals
Flags
Discus
Coats of Arms
Shields
Swords
Laurel Wreaths
Garlands
Rivers
Olympic Games
Place depicted
Antwerp
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.229-2006

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Record createdOctober 12, 2006
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O128556/viie-olympiade---anvers-poster-ven-walter-van/
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