Object Results
No image available.
Bookmark (persistent url): https://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/objects-1/info/152
Olympische Spiele München 1972
197020th century
1080 x 711 mm (42.5 x 28 in.)
Josef Albers, American, (1888–1976)
Object Type:
print
Medium and Support:
Screenprint on wove paper
Print impression quality:
Excellent
Edition:
Poster for the Olympic Games, Munich 1972. Printed by Sirocco Screenprints for Ives-Sillman.
Marks:
Signed in pencil, lower right: “Albers ’70”; in pencil, lower center: “A high blue firmament—my wish for the Olympics”; dedicated by the artist in pencil, lower left: “for Paul Sperry”; inscribed in print, lower left: “©Edition Olympía 1972 GmbH 1970 Printed by Ives-Sillman USA”
Provenance / Collectors' Marks:
In donor’s collection since printed (donor was in partnership with Paul Sperry as printers at Sirocco Screenprints, North Haven, CT; the firm was founded in 1949). Sirocco printed Albers’ screenprints. Sperry was the inventor of the topsider shoe.
Bibliography:
See donor file for photograph of Albers at Sirocco Screenprints, inscribed by Albers.
Credit Line:
Gift of Jodie Mears, 1995
Accession Number:
1995.36.1
Keywords
Click a term to view the records with the same keyword
This object has the following keywords:
- posters - Notices intended to be posted to advertise, promote, or publicize an activity, cause, product, or service; also, decorative, mass-produced prints intended for hanging. For small printed notices or advertisements intended for distribution by hand, use "handbills." [August 1995 related term added. June 1992 descriptor added.]
- sports - Use for games that involve a reasonable degree of individual skill and physical prowess. [June 1993 related term added. March 1993 scope note changed; related terms added; descriptor moved. February 1991 scope note added; alternate term added.]
Dimensions
- sheet Dimensions: 1080 x 711 mm (42.5 x 28 in.)
DAC Downloadable Open Access Image
No open access image available
Credit Caption
Josef Albers, American, (1888–1976) . Olympische Spiele München 1972, 1970. Screenprint on wove paper. sheet : 1080 x 711 mm (42.5 x 28 in.). DAC accession number 1995.36.1. Gift of Jodie Mears, 1995.