Image 1 of 🎿 XIII Olympic Winter Games – Lake Placid 1980 – Original Cross‑Country Skiing Poster| 63 × 49 cm|USA
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🎿 XIII Olympic Winter Games – Lake Placid 1980 – Original Cross‑Country Skiing Poster| 63 × 49 cm|USA

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🎿 XIII Olympic Winter Games – Lake Placid 1980 – Original Cross‑Country Skiing Poster Official Lake Placid Organizing Committee sports campaign | Nordic discipline (Skilanglauf) | Offset lithograph | 63 × 49 cm | USA 🎬 Introduction A crisp, athletic composition captures two mirrored cross‑country skiers—one red, one blue—striding diagonally across a warm white field, their bibs marked “80.” The headline runs across the top and descends the right edge, anchoring the layout with Olympic gravitas, while the L‑shaped Lake Placid emblem and rings sit cleanly at lower left. Rendered in high‑contrast color blocks, the design privileges cadence and endurance over portraiture—very much a late‑70s/early‑80s American sports‑graphics language: pared back, identity‑forward, instantly legible in public space. Issued for the Nordic skiing discipline (Skilanglauf), the poster stands within the official visual suite of the XIII Winter Games. Its duotone palette nods to U.S. colors without sacrificing international neutrality, aligning with a systemized Olympic identity refined post‑Munich and poised on the cusp of Los Angeles ’84’s corporate flourish. ✨ Why It Matters As an authentic Lake Placid Organizing Committee piece, this poster represents a coherent, multi‑sport campaign that distilled each discipline into bold silhouettes. Cross‑country skiing has strong crossover appeal—Olympic, winter‑sport, and design audiences alike—making this a versatile anchor in a collection. Surviving examples in clean, display‑ready condition are less common, as these were functional publicity prints rather than souvenir shop editions. The restrained typography, emblematic LPOOC mark, and duotone athletes encapsulate a pivotal moment in Olympic branding—where clarity, modularity, and international legibility converged. 📐 Poster Details - Year: 1978/1980 - Country: USA - Size: 63 × 49 cm - Format: Promotional poster (non‑DIN) - Studio / Publisher: Lake Placid Olympic Organizing Committee (LPOOC) 🔎 Condition Near Mint condition; presents sharply and frames beautifully. No tape marks, pinholes, or tears reported, with clean margins and strong color saturation.
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ConditionExcellentColorsBlue, Red, TransparentMaterialPaperNumber of items1OrientationPortraitArt sizeMediumHeight63 cmWidth49 cm

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