Innsbruck. Tirol, Austria [Winter Olympics]

Innsbruck. Tirol, Austria [Winter Olympics] , 1976
Colour lithograph, signed "Wilhelm Jaruska" in image lower left, 82.1 x 59.2cm. Minor indentations to image centre. Linen-backed.
Text includes "[4 to 15 February]. Published by Organisationskomitee der XII. Olympischen Winterspiele 1976, Innsbruck. Printed in Austria by Alpina-Offset."
The designer of this poster, Wilhelm Jaruska (Austrian, 1916-2008) "stylised a skate, a common feature of winter sports...[to symbolize] all the disciplines found in the Winter Games: a ski run, a sledge or bobsleigh and the blade of a skate. The white rectangle on the tip makes the "I" of Innsbruck. On the right, in the background, the coloured peaks symbolize the Tyrolean mountains." Ref: Olympic Movement.