LA Summer Games (cyclist)
Poster
1983 (printed)
1983 (printed)
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| Place of origin |
Colour lithographic print on paper depicting a single cyclist racing down the centre of a road. Signed and numbered.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | LA Summer Games (cyclist) (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Colour lithograph |
| Brief description | Poster by Laura Smith for the Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games. USA, 1983. |
| Physical description | Colour lithographic print on paper depicting a single cyclist racing down the centre of a road. Signed and numbered. |
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| Bibliographic reference | The 1984 Los Angeles Olympics are remembered for Carl Lewis's achievement in winning four gold medals. Sixteen artists were commissioned to produce fifteen poster designs for these Olympics. A photomontage by April Greiman and (photographer) Jayme Odgers shows the legs of a runner stepping through picture planes from sky onto earth. In 'Red Horseman' Roy Lichtenstein fragments his image of horse and rider to convey effects of speed and movement.
The Olympic Committee for these LA Summer Games additionally chose to advertise specific sports with a separate group of posters, including the diving and cycling posters such as this example. These designs, reminiscent of Art Deco, captured the dynamic movements of individual sportsmen in highly stylised compositions of pattern and colour. |
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| Accession number | E.348-2006 |
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| Record created | July 19, 2007 |
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