Olympic Games/ summer, 1920/ Antwerp/
Two items:
a) special Olympic issue of "La Vie au Grand Air", September 20, 1920. 60 pages, 39 of which are highly illustrated on the Games (photos by Géo André, Guillemot, Lenglen, etc.), articles by Mortane (preparing Paris), the American Weber (on the French), Suzanne Lenglen, André, Poulenard, or Bridge (fencing, Massard), Géo André (on his 3 Games, tasty)...etc. This issue with seven pages of impressions of the heroes of the Games...On the cover, the antique-style javelin thrower by the great George Barbier (1882-1932);
b) magazine layout "Olympie, Anvers, Jeux d'Autrefois, Jeux d'aujourd'hui", a table of contents, with three original drawings (antique), a precious map of Olympia (hippodrome, stadium, etc.) from Le Voyage du jeune Anacharsis by Barbié du Bocage, and at the bottom, a montage of three press photos, the 5000 of 1912 (Bouin-Kolehmainen), the delegations on the Antwerp lawn, and an athlete. 32X24. Very decorative.
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