Null Olympic Games/ Rome, summer 1960. Beautiful official poster in French: "Jeu…

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Olympic Games/ Rome, summer 1960. Beautiful official poster in French: "Jeux de la XVII Olympiade, Rome. By the great painter-decorator Armando Testa. A simple, obvious and very powerful poster, with the rings, the she-wolf, Romulus and Remus, and a springboard tent. Minor accidents. 99X70.

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Olympic Games/ Rome, summer 1960. Beautiful official poster in French: "Jeux de la XVII Olympiade, Rome. By the great painter-decorator Armando Testa. A simple, obvious and very powerful poster, with the rings, the she-wolf, Romulus and Remus, and a springboard tent. Minor accidents. 99X70.

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