Feb 20 at 10:30 AM - Sale 2695 -

Sale 2695 - Lot 224

Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800

ALOIS CARIGIET (1902-1985)

JEUX OLYMPIQUES D'HIVER / ST. MORITZ. Small format poster. 1948.


13½x8½ inches, 34¼x21½ cm.
Condition A-: postage stamp remnant and slight skinning in lower right corner. Printed on thick paper.

A rare, smaller format image for the 1948 Winter Olympic Games. Carigiet designed one of the two official posters used for the 1948 Winter Olympics. This distinct image, while similar to his more ubiquitous design, seems to have only been used on this smaller format. This is the French version.

Swiss Winter Sports 69 (var), Olympics p. 57 (var).