An official poster for the 1960 Rome Olympic Games, by Armando Testa, signed in the plate, offset colour lithograph, French language edition, publishe
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An official poster for the 1960 Rome Olympic Games, by Armando Testa, signed in the plate, offset colour lithograph, French language edition, published by I.G.A.P. Milan & Rome, visible image 98 by 68cm., 38 1/2 by 26 3/4in., mounted, framed & glazed, very good condition The design for this poster was fiercely contested with 212 artists submitting 249 designs. The winning artist Armando Testa was from Turin who produced a modern interpretation of the Belvedere Capital including the she-wolf suckling Romulus & Remus, whilst the capital itself portrays the crowning of a victorious athlete.