Olympic Games /Summer 1940/Helsinki. Ilmari Sysimetsä (1912-1955) Official poster for these Games, which were not held until 1952 due to the war, giving us a little border variation: "XII Olympiska Spelen, Helsingfors, 20-VII/4-VIII 1940". With Paavo Nurmi (1897-1973), statuesque and flying around the world because of and despite the nine gold medals he won on the asphalt between 1920 and 1928. By Ilmari Sysimetsä, sculptor and poster artist. Offset. Size: 97 x 63 cm Very good condition, a few tears in the margins.

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