Original vintage sports poster advertising the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich - Olympische Spiele Munchen - featuring a design by the American artist and printmaker Allan D'Arcangelo (1930-1998) depicting rectangular post shapes in black, grey and white with a green circle hoop on a red and white pole set on a white background. One of the series of posters by various popular artists of the period (Peter Phillips, Horst Antes, Otl Aicher, David Hockney among others) commissioned to design the 1972 Olympic Games posters in Germany for their advertising campaign, which aimed to "represent the intertwining of sports and art worldwide". The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. Very good condition, creasing.
