Two nude Greco-Roman wrestlers. Colour process print, 1912.

Date:
1912
Reference:
2047042i
Part of:
The James Gardiner Collection.
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Two nude Greco-Roman wrestlers. Colour process print, 1912. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Description

Print of a Grecian style painting by Kamil Vladislav Muttich of two wrestlers competing with lettering in Czech underneath. The postcard was one in a series created in commeration of the sixth All Sokol Rally in Prague, 1912.

Publication/Creation

Praha [Prague] (Spálená 48) : Minerva, 1912.

Physical description

1 postcard : process print ; 14 x 8.8 cm

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Lettering

=MARATHON= / .VI. SLET. VŠESOKOLSKÝ. PRAZE. 1912. / (PENTATHLON)

Notes

This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.
The following description was provided by James Gardiner: "The homo-erotic implications seem inescapable in this poster and postcard design for an athletics tournament in Prague in 1912, depicting naked Greek wrestlers."

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2047042i

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  • Unlabelled photograph album

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