OS 1912, Sportauktion

OLYMPISKA SPELEN STOCKHOLM 1912, original poster, design Olle Hjortzberg, "JOGOS OLYMPICOS STOCKHOLMO 1912 29 de JUNHO-22 de JULHO" (portugisiska), A BÖRTZELLS TR. AB STOCKHOLM, ca 102x73 cmOfficial Poster 1912One of the most important measures taken in connection with the work of advertising, was the adoption of an official Poster. After a thorough examination of several sketches sent in, and after having conferred with prominent Swedish artists in the matter, the Swedish Olympic Committee, at a meeting held on the 27 June, 1911, determined to accept the poster by Olle Hjortzberg, of the Royal Academy, which had been sent in to the Committee in 1910, but had afterwards been slightly altered, representing the march of the nations - each athlete with a waving flag - to the common goal of the Olympic Games. Thorsten Schonberg's poster was placed second, this design representing the entrance of a Marathon runner into the festively decorated Stadium, while, as number three, came Axel Törnem