Have it delivered hassle-freeBuyer protectionAll Designer items curated by WhoppahDownload the Whoppah App – get alerts & sell with ease.
🐎 München 1972 – Reiten (Equestrian) – 1972 – Original A0 Poster by Otl Aicher | 118.9 × 84.1 cm | West Germany
€350Bid from €175
Buy with confidence
Shop & pay safely with our Buyer ProtectionDesigner items curated by WhoppahWe only pay the seller once you have safely received the itemTrusted payment methods
About this seller
Berlin, GermanyOn Whoppah since August 2023 • 12 sales
Product description
🐎 München 1972 – Reiten (Equestrian) – 1972 – Original A0 Poster by Otl Aicher
Official sports poster for the Games of the XX Olympiad, Munich
| 118.9 × 84.1 cm | West Germany
🎬 Introduction
Otl Aicher’s equestrian sheet distills a split-second of show-jumping into bands of sunflower yellow, meadow green, and cool aqua, layered like kinetic shutters across horse and rider. At a glance the image verges on abstraction; linger and the leap snaps into focus as color-separations resolve form and motion. The typography is kept to a whisper—“München 1972,” Olympic rings, and the radiant sun mark—so the field remains a study in movement, light, and pace.
As chief designer of Munich ’72, Aicher built a lucid, humane visual program rooted in grid discipline, a fresh, non-heroic palette, and universal pictograms. This A0 equestrian poster sits within the core citywide sport series: a modular system meant to be read at speed across venues and transit, making high modernism function at an urban scale.
✨ Why It Matters
The Munich identity is a landmark of modernist information design, and the sports sheets are its most collected artifacts. Equestrian is a sought-after subject, bridging Olympic memorabilia, German modernism, and equine sport. Aicher’s posterized overlays echo contemporary color-separation techniques while sidestepping photographic cliché—an Ulm School stance that privileges clarity over spectacle. Original A0 sheets were produced for on-site display; surviving examples with strong, unfaded greens and yellows are increasingly scarce. For collectors, this format, subject, and designer trifecta makes a compelling anchor for a design-forward wall or a focused Aicher/Munich ’72 grouping.
📐 Poster Details
- Year: 1972
- Country: Germany (FRG)
- Size: 118.9 × 84.1 cm
- Format: DIN A0
- Studio / Publisher: Organisationskomitee der Spiele der XX. Olympiade, München
- Designer: Otl Aicher
🔎 Condition
Good vintage condition with light handling creases. Colors remain vivid, paper lies flat, and it frames beautifully—an excellent display example.
Specifications
ConditionVery goodColorsGreen, YellowMaterialPaperNumber of items1OrientationPortraitArt sizeLargeHeight119 cmWidth84 cmSigns of usageScratches
Discover more
Seller information
About this seller
Berlin, GermanyOn Whoppah since August 2023 • 12 sales