Object Details
Designer
Otl Aicher, German, 1922–1991
Client
Munich Organizing Committee of the 1972 Olympic Games, Munich, Germany
Printer
Franzis Print & Media GmbH Druckvorstufenservice, Munich, Germany
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Poster for the Munich Olympics featuring an image of three swimmers in the midst of a butterfly race. The image has been overlaid brightly saturated colors so that each of the three swimmers are rendered in bright orange, and the pool and water is rendered in purples and blues. At the bottom left corner, in orange sans-serif text: Müchen [Olympic Rings in white] 1972. Directly below the Olympic rings, the logo for the Munich Olympic games in white, an abstracted sunburst.
Credit Line
Gift of Ken Friedman
Date
1972
Accession Number
1997-19-164
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
graphic design
Object Name
Poster
Type
Poster
Medium
Offset lithograph on paper
Dimensions
118.4 × 83.8 cm (46 5/8 in. × 33 in.)
Frame: 119.9 × 85.4 × 1.9 cm (47 3/16 × 33 5/8 × 3/4 in.)
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1997-19-164