Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction September 2024
A collection of gorgeous authentic 1976 Montreal Summer Olympics posters are offered totaling 13, with these specimens ideal for framing and prominent display for both their visually stunning aesthetics and historical relevance. Included, we have an Official Symbol Thematic Red version (large) poster, Official Torch poster - COJO, International Youth Camp thematic posters - COJO (Large, 6 total), Official Olympia and Montréal thematic poster - COJO, Official Olympic stadium thematic poster - COJO, Official Arts and Culture program poster - COJO (Large), and Official Opening Ceremony posters - COJO (2 total). Varying in size, the posters remain in very good condition overall. Detailed notes for each poster including the designer, sizing and condition is available below.
Authentic 1976 Montréal Olympic Poster - Games of the XXI Olympiad - Montréal 1976 Official
Symbol Thematic Poster. Red version (large)
Original Poster from the 1976 Montreal Olympics. This is an original vintage poster and not a
reproduction.
Artifact Type: Poster
Title: Authentic 1976 Montréal Olympic Poster - Games of the XXI Olympiad - Montréal 1976
Official Symbol Thematic Poster. Red version (large)
Year: 1972
Designer: Georges Huel, Pierre-Yves Pelletier
Studio: COJO 1976
Client: The Organizing Committee for the
Games of the XXI Olympiad, Montréal 1976 (COJO)
Printed: Litho Canada
Size: 840mm X 595mm (Large)
Condition: used, good condition
Some wear on all sides of the poster. Scratches, kinks, dents, creasing all sides, and scratches
on corners. On the bottom right side, please notice that there is a rip of 1cm x 1cm. (look at
picture)
Georges Huel, designer of the Montréal Olympic Symbol and COJO Director General of
Graphics and Design (The Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXI Olympiad, Montréal
1976) wanted to create one single symbol for Canada’s first Olympic Games — rather than
having two symbols separately representing both the Games and the official Olympic rings. His
resulting symbol successfully manages to embody a number of important references: the
Olympic rings, the ‘M’ nodding to Montréal but also symbolic of the podium on which the three
medallists stand, the stadium track in the centre of the logo and the red from the Canadian flag.
The poster design utilizes the consistent typographic header employed in many of the thematic
posters, with a large white official symbol sitting proudly in the majority of the red sheet
underneath. A version of this poster was also produced as a reversed alternative (white
background).
Note: please note that the magnets used in the pictures are for documentation reasons. There
are no holes in this original print.
Authentic 1976 Montréal Olympic Poster - Games of the XXI Olympiad - Official, Torch - COJO
Original Poster from the 1976 Montreal Olympics. This is a original vintage poster and not a
reproduction.
Artifact: Poster
Title: Authentic 1976 Montréal Olympic Poster - Games of the XXI Olympiad - Official, Torch -
COJO
Year: 1972
Studio: COJO 1976
Client: The Organizing Committee for the
Games of the XXI Olympiad, Montréal 1976 (COJO)
Artistic director: Pierre-Yves Pelletier
Graphic designer: François Dallaire and Clermont Malenfant
Prited: Litho Canada
Size: 595mm X 420mm (medium)
Condition: used, good condition
Some wear on all sides of the poster. Scratches, kinks, dents, creasing and light stains all over.
(yellowing towards the edges)
This poster, commissioned by COJO, illustrated the official opening ceramony during the
Olympic games. The torch is an emblem throughout history.
In the search for authenticity and using well-defined selection criteria, COJO representatives
visited Olympic sites in Munich and selected twenty-one color transparencies from among some
200,000 photos. Each photo had to be suitable for enlargement and reproduction, show readily
apparent motion not contrary to the rules or special techniques of the sports, and be as
spectacular as possible.
(6) Authentic 1976 Montréal Olympic Poster - Games of the XXI Olympiad - Official,
International Youth Camp thematic poster - COJO (Large)
Original Poster from the 1976 Montreal Olympics. This is a vintage poster and not a
reproduction.
Artifact: Poster
Title: Authentic 1976 Montréal Olympic Poster - Games of the XXI Olympiad - Official,
International Youth Camp thematic poster - COJO (Large)
Year: 1972
Studio: COJO 1976
Client: The Organizing Committee for the
Games of the XXI Olympiad, Montréal 1976 (COJO)
Artistic director: Pierre-Yves Pelletier
Graphic designer: Yvon Bellemare
Prited: Litho Canada
Size: 840mm X 595mm (Large)
Condition: used, good condition
Some wear on all sides of the poster. Scratches, kinks, dents, creasing.
The poster for the International Youth Camp depicts a common symbol of youth in the 1970s: a
jean jacket covered in buttons and adorned with personal touches such as flowers. The buttons
symbolize (among other things) love, equality of the sexes, a return to nature, the search for
spiritual values, personal harmony, and the need for brotherhood.
Authentic 1976 Montréal Olympic Poster - Games of the XXI Olympiad - Official, Olympia and
Montréal thematic poster - COJO (large)
Artifact: Poster
Title: Authentic 1976 Montréal Olympic Poster - Games of the XXI Olympiad - Official, Olympia
and Montréal thematic poster - COJO
Year: 1972
Studio: COJO 1976
Client: The Organizing Committee for the
Games of the XXI Olympiad, Montréal 1976 (COJO)
Artistic director: Pierre-Yves Pelletier
Graphic designer: Raymond Bellemare
Architectural consultant: Roger Taillibert
Prited: Litho Canada
Size: 840mm X 590mm (Large)
Condition: used, good condition
Some wear on all sides of the poster. Scratches, kinks, dents, creasing.
Original Poster from the 1976 Montreal Olympics. This is rare vintage poster and not a
reproduction.
This poster depicts the head of a Greek sculpture of an athlete superimposed over an
embroidered rendition of the Coat of Arms of Montréal. These two symbols, placed together,
represent the newly-formed link between ancient Olympia and Montréal created by hosting the
Olympics.
Authentic 1976 Montréal Olympic Poster - Games of the XXI Olympiad - Official, Olympic
stadium thematic poster - COJO (Large)
Artifact : Poster
Title: Authentic 1976 Montréal Olympic Poster - Games of the XXI Olympiad - Official, Olympic
stadium thematic poster - COJO
Year: 1972
Studio: COJO 1976
Client: The Organizing Committee for the
Games of the XXI Olympiad, Montréal 1976 (COJO)
Artistic director: Georges Huel and Pierre-Yves Pelletier
Graphic designer: Raymond Bellemare and Pierre-Yves Pelletier
Architectural consultant: Roger Taillibert
Prited: Litho Canada
Size: 840mm X 590mm (Large)
Condition: used, ok condition
Some wear on all sides of the poster. Scratches, kinks, dents, creasing. Bottom right corner
riped off, 35mm x 65mm missing. Small tare at the top of poster over letter “O”.
Sold as is: look at all pictures carefully before purchasing.
Original Poster from the 1976 Montreal Olympics. This is rare vintage poster and not a
reproduction.
Commissioned by COJO (Olympic Games Organizing Committee) as one in a series of posters
promoting the 1976 games. It uses the familiar silver and rainbow band colour scheme as a
backdrop for technical elevations of the centrepiece of the games’ official infrastructure —
French architect Roger Taillibert’s Olympic Stadium. Nicknamed ‘The Big O’ (and, less kindly,
‘The Big Owe’) the stadium was not finally completed until long after the Games had finished,
and is widely considered both an icon of the city and a huge white elephant (that in 2018 still
lacks a main tenant). It remains the largest stadium by seating capacity in Canada, and the
tower (completed in 1987) is the world’s tallest inclined structure.
Authentic Montreal 1976 Olympic poster - Games of the XXI Olympiad - Official poster
of the Arts and Culture program - COJO (Large)
Artifact: Poster
Title: Authentic Olympic poster from Montreal 1976 - Games of the XXI Olympiad - Poster
official of the Arts and Culture program - COJO
Year: 1972
Workshop: COJO 1976
Client: The Organizing Committee of the
Games of the XXI Olympiad, Montreal 1976 (COJO)
Artistic direction: Pierre-Yves Pelletier
Graphic designer: Yvon Laroche
Printed: Litho Canada
Size: 840mm x 590mm (large)
Condition: used, good condition
Some wear to all sides of the poster. Scratches, creases, dents, creases. (yellowing
towards the edges) small tear on the right side of the poster.
Original 1976 Montreal Olympics poster. This is a rare vintage poster and
not a reproduction.
The Arts and Culture program is organized by the Olympic Organizing Committee of
Montreal 1976 (COJO). Its goal was to create a Canadian festival at which athletes and
workers participated as well as visitors to the Games. Through this approach, they hoped
integrating it into the Games, rather than existing as a side attraction to the program
sporty.
The program adopted an explosive stylized sheaf of wheat motif in a sketch of colors
» (designed by Raymond Bellemare and Pierre-Yves Pelletier) to represent the festival, and was
used in marketing and communications materials, in conjunction with tapes
rainbow from the official COJO color palette. Purple invents folk dance;
red, theater; orange, opera and operetta; yellow, music; green and figurative arts; blue,
entertainment; and lavender, ballet and modern dance. While related communications
sports use these strips in a straight formation, or sometimes in diagonal chevrons, the flap
Arts and culture adopted a more expressive interpretation, while maintaining a link with
the more complete identity approach.
This poster was produced, along with a number of other official designs before the
games to raise awareness and create a sense of anticipation at home and abroad.
(2) Authentic Montreal 1976 Olympic poster - Games of the XXI Olympiad - Official,
Opening Ceremony - COJO
Original 1976 Montreal Olympics poster. This is a vintage poster and not
of a reproduction.
Artifact: Poster
Year: 1972
Studio: COJO 1976
Client: The Organizing Committee of the
Games of the XXI Olympiad, Montreal 1976 (COJO)
Printed: Litho Canada
Size: 12 X 16 inches
Condition: used, good condition
Some small wear near the sides.
About the poster:
Original 1976 Montreal Olympics poster. This is a vintage poster and not
of a reproduction. A red Olympic symbol from the Montreal Games is located at the top
left of the poster.
The text reads: Games of the XXI Olympiad Montreal/Games of the XXI Olympiad
Montreal 1976
This series of posters, commissioned by the COJO, illustrated the twenty-one sports on the program
of the Games of the XXI Olympiad. Each was intended to communicate action and immediacy
of his sport. The Graphics and Design Department therefore preferred the techniques
photographs to drawings, where the results could have been colored by interpretation
personal of the artist.
In a search for authenticity and according to well-defined selection criteria, the
OCOG representatives visited the Olympic venues in Munich and selected
twenty-one color transparencies from some 200,000 photos. Each photo had to be able to
be enlarged and reproduced, show easily apparent movement not contrary to the
rules or special techniques of sports, and be as spectacular as possible.
(Source document: Official Report 1976, Vol. 1, page 320)
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