AN OLYMPIC BRONZE MODEL ENTITLED 'THE VICTORIOUS ATHLETE'
AN OLYMPIC BRONZE MODEL ENTITLED 'THE VICTORIOUS ATHLETE'

DATED 1920, BY LEANDRE GRANDMOULIN, PRESENTED TO THE WINNERS AT 1920 ANTWERP OLYMPIC GAMES

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AN OLYMPIC BRONZE MODEL ENTITLED 'THE VICTORIOUS ATHLETE'
DATED 1920, BY LEANDRE GRANDMOULIN, PRESENTED TO THE WINNERS AT 1920 ANTWERP OLYMPIC GAMES
With cast signature, date and title 'VICTOIRE!', on a Marmo Giallo waisted plinth base
13 ¾ in. (35 cm.) high

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Besides the vermeil winner's medal, the victor of the individual events received this bronze model "The Victorious Athlete". The design was put in hand by the Organising Committee at the International Olympic Committee, and the cast was destroyed to prevent further reproductions.

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