Original 1980 Russian Olympics Poster Moscow XXII

Original Manifesto Posters XXII Olympic Games Moscow 1980

A piece of graphic design history.

This poster was made to help the designer from the "Little Stories" collection

“If you look at the poster, it becomes clear that the organizers approached the issue of the corporate style of the Moscow Olympics very seriously: "to help the artist" on the poster were not only the corporate font (developed by Moscow artist Anatoly Muzanov specifically for the Olympics-80), but also the main ideological messages, such as "Sport Ambassador of the World", "Sport and Labor Are Near", etc. As you can see, no stars denoting Olympic disciplines, no red and blue stripes.

- https://little-histories.org/2014/11/03/olimpic_shawl/

It’s such a gorgeous poster. Yes, it has significant sun damage. Light water stain on bottom corners. (See photos)

31.25 x 41.5”

Great piece of Olympics as well as graphic design history.

The 1989 games were historic because…

“the 1980 Summer Olympics were disrupted by another, even larger, boycott led by the United States in protest of the 1979 Soviet–Afghan War. The Soviet invasion spurred President Jimmy Carter to issue an ultimatum on 20 January 1980, which stated that the U.S. would boycott the Moscow Olympics if Soviet troops did not withdraw from Afghanistan within one month.[11] 65 countries and regions invited did not participate in the 1980 Olympics. Many of these followed the United States' boycott initiative, while others[who?] cited economic reasons for not participating.[11][12] Iran, under Ayatollah Khomeini hostile to both superpowers, boycotted when the Islamic Conference condemned the invasion.[13] Neither the People's Republic of China nor Taiwan participated in the games.” - Wikipedia