XIII Olympic Winter Games
Artist
LeRoy Neiman
United States, 1921 - 2012
Date1980
MediumOffset Lithograph
Dimensions39 x 20 1/4 in. (99.1 x 51.4 cm)
ClassificationsPoster
Credit LineGift of the LeRoy Neiman and Jane Byrne Neiman Foundation
Object numberPH.6537
DescriptionIn 1960, LeRoy Neiman began producing designs for the Olympics during the Squaw Valley Games in California. He made posters for the Games in Munich in 1971, in Montreal in 1976, in Lake Placid in 1980, and in Sarajevo and Los Angeles in 1984, where he was shown on live television sketching the athletes both preparing for and participating in competitions. In 1976, he created a series of five different Olympic-themed posters for Burger King that the fast-food chain gave away to millions of customers. Neiman saw this as an opportunity to present his work to a wider public that might never have been exposed to fine art. For the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, Neiman created two posters: one featuring a figure skater in mid-spin and the other of a lone slalom skier flying down a hill.On View
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