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Rome 1960 - Games of the XVII Olympiad
(IOC)
Updated: 2007-08-07 18:38
Poster
This was the result of a competition in which some 212 artists participated.
It is made up of a Roman she-wolf, from which Remus and Romulus, founders of the city of Rome, are suckling, on top of a column. On this, there is a victorious athlete being crowned in accordance with Roman custom; around him, people dressed in togas cheering him.
Some 290,000 copies in 11 languages were produced.
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