In 1914, members of the sixth Olympic Congress met in Paris to plan the forthcoming Olympic events. They used the occasion to hold a special ceremony in the large amphitheater of the Sorbonne where, in 1894, the International Olympic Committee had been created and the ancient Greek games were officially revived. This heroic poster celebrates the 20th anniversary of that event. At the ceremony, Pierre de Coubertin—the Frenchman who had conceived the whole project—was honored by being presented with the flag from the first modern Games held in Athens in 1896.
Affiches Atar, Genève
literature: Olympics, p. 152; Olympic Posters, 14; Sport à l’Affiche, 88; PAI-LXXXVIII, 2