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1972

  • Work on this object began.

1976

  • Work on this object ended.

1997

  • We acquired this object.

2016

2025

  • You found it!

Poster, Montréal 1976 - Olympic Games

This is a Poster. It was designed by Georges Huel and Pierre-Yves Pelletier and architect: Roger Taillibert. It is dated 1972–76 and we acquired it in 1997. Its medium is offset lithograph on white wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Ken Friedman. It is credited Gift of Ken Friedman.

Its dimensions are

84.0 x 59.4 cm (33 1/16 x 23 3/8 in. )

It is signed

Imprinted in black lower left corner: Conseiller-Architecture: Roger Taillibert Directeurs artistiques: Georges Huel et Pierre-Yves Pelletier, Yvon Laroche, Guy Saint-Arnaud

It is inscribed

Imprinted in red upper left corner the registered logo of the Olympic Games. In black lower left corner, Copyright 1972, COJO 76. Litho Canada

Cite this object as

Poster, Montréal 1976 - Olympic Games; Designed by Georges Huel, Pierre-Yves Pelletier; Architect: Roger Taillibert (French, b. 1926); offset lithograph on white wove paper; 84.0 x 59.4 cm (33 1/16 x 23 3/8 in. ); Gift of Ken Friedman; 1997-19-162

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