Winter Olympics St Moritz 1948 Switzerland

£1,950.00

Original vintage sports advertising poster for the V Winter Olympic Games held in St. Moritz Switzerland from 30 January to 8 February 1948. Colourful illustration by the Swiss painter and graphic designer Alois Carigiet (1902-1985) featuring a skier with a number 48 on his racing bib, standing on the top of a ski slope with his ski poles raised in front of a bright sun against the blue sky, a Swiss flag flying at the top of a row of flags leading down to the mountain peaks in the distance, the text and Olympic rings logo below: La Suisse vous appelle aux Jeux Olympiques d'Hiver St Moritz 30.1./8.2.1948. The 1948 Winter Olympics was the first to be held since 1936 due to World War Two and was hosted in Switzerland as a neutral country with the exclusion of Japan and Germany. Good condition, small tear on the right margin, few stains on the bottom, backed on linen.

Country

Switzerland

Year

1948

Style

Ski Posters

Artist

Alois Carigiet

Size (cm)

104x63.5