Original Munich Olympic Poster after David Hockney

1972

Benjamin Thomas Taylor I Want To Jump In David Hockney’s Swimming Pool With You, 2023 Hand finished screen print on 300gsm Somerset Satin Paper 3...

A Bigger Splash By David Hockney David Hockney, a prominent British artist, is celebrated for his versatile and innovative contributions to 20th-century art. Known for his vivid us...

A Bigger Splash - Forty Years of Modern Art By David Hockney David Hockney, a prominent British artist, is celebrated for his versatile and innovative contributions to 20th-century...

'M' From 'Hockney's Alphabet' By David Hockney David Hockney is a renowned British artist known for his vibrant paintings and innovative use of technology in art. His work often e...

The extremely rare, complete collection of 28 artists original graphics, the first signed edition before the second poster edition of 4000, with varying edition numbers including Artist’s Proofs, from the total edition of 200, each hand signed and numbered or inscribed, 1969 - 1972, printed on varying papers, published by the Organising Committee for the Games of the XXth Olympiad and F. Bruckmann, Germany, with 2 additional screenprints of the Emblem by Victor Vasarely, 1972, signed from the edition of 200, on wove paper, each sheet, various measurements. (30 works) The 1972 Olympic Committee commissioned 28 international artists to each produce an original print for the Munich Games that year. The artists were given unprecedented freedom to explore their personal perspectives of the Olympic spirit using their own unique styles and methods. Departing from the traditional subject matter and style of past Olympic prints, the artists produced works which ranged from abstraction to realism, and from collage to op-art. The Committee specifically commissioned world-renowned artists to produce this series in order to destigmatise the idea that fine art should be reserved for private enjoyment. Instead, these posters demonstrated that art can exist comfortably in the public sphere, serving both as art and advertisement and echoing the founder of the modern Olympics, Pierre de Coubertin...

The colour offset lithograph on Parsons Diploma Parchment wove paper. Published in 1982 for the LA Olympic Games in 1984, David Hockney was one of the fifteen artists invited to create a poster for the Games. Hand signed by the artist in pencil lower right, un-numbered from the limited edition of 750, although there are said to be less than 200 prints in existence. Not to be confused with the unsigned LA Olympics poster...

Original vintage sport event poster for the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich / Olympische Spiele Munchen featuring a great image by the notable British artist David Hockney (b 1937) depicting a diver with his reflection on the shaded water background. Limited Olympia edition 1971. This Munich Olympic diving poster...

Original vintage poster advertising the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich (Olympische Spiele Munchen). Limited edition. This Munich Olympic poster...