LOT of Four (4) Original SARAJEVO XIV WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES 1984
FOUR (4) Lithograph Posters by ANDY WARHOL; JAMES ROSENQUIST; HOWARD HODGKIN; & YOZO HAMAGUCHI
Artists: ANDY WARHOL (American, 1928 - 1987)
Artist: JAMES ROSENQUIST (American, 1933 - 2017)
Artist: HOWARD HODGKIN (British, 1932 - 2017)
Artist: YOZO HAMAGUCHI (Japanese, 1909 - 2000)
Title: ORIGINAL Official Commemorative Lithographic Posters for the Sarajevo XIV Winter Olympic Games 1984
Date: 1983 (date of publication)
Medium: Original [these are not reprints] Color Lithographs printed offset on varying types of paper
Edition: 1000
Size: 36 x 24 inches
Printer: Svjetlost Publishing House, Sarajevo
Publisher: Organizing Committee of the XIVth Olympic Winter Games Sarajevo 1984 Yugoslavia, December 1983
Reference: Olympic Winter Games Posters from Chamonix 1924 to Sochi 2014, pages 32-28. Also Official guide: XIV Olympic Winter Games, Yugoslavia – Sarajevo, Organizing Committee of the 14th Olympic Winter Games, Belgrade: Agencija Borba, 1984, p. 32.
Notes: In collaboration with the Visconti art - Lazo Vujić gallery in Vienna and the Svjetlost publishing house in Sarajevo, the OCOG [Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games] published a Sport and Art album containing 16 works by well-known artists reinterpreting the Olympic ideals. The works were printed as posters via offset lithography. The album was first presented at the 14th Basel International Art Fair
Provenance: Hatay Stratton Fine Art, Northampton, Massachusettes
About the Artist: Suffice it to say, these 5 artists are important names of the later part of the 20th century. These posters are both important and highly collectible.
Please note: We also have these posters individually available. Hatay Stratton bought out the edition from the Organizing Committee of the Sarajevo Olympic Games. They are in Excellent conditions; never been framed, though there may be some edge wear due to handling.