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L'Équipe Archival Photographs Bring the Olympic Games Into Focus

Published on , by Sophie Reyssat
Auction on 29 October 2021 - 14:00 (CEST) - Salle 1-7 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009

As we await the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, a selection of photographs from the collection of the French newspaper L'Équipe reconstructs a century of competitions.

Beijing Games, 4 x 100 meters, August 2, 2008. Single subsequent print, issue 1/1,... L'Équipe Archival Photographs Bring the Olympic Games Into Focus

Beijing Games, 4 x 100 meters, August 2, 2008. Single subsequent print, issue 1/1, printed on Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta satin paper 11 oz (300 g), Flamant frame, 21 x 31 in (53 x 80 cm).
Estimate: €800/1,200
© Richard Martin/L'Équipe

Now it is official: The 2024 Olympic Games will start on July 26, a century after the last Parisian edition and exactly one thousand days after this auction of prints from the photographic archive of the newspaper L'Équipe , which numbers more than 12 million pictures. Already last year, a first sale with the same provenance was presented by the same auction house. This time,…
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A century of Olympic Games by the L'Equipe photo collection
Friday 29 October 2021 - 14:00 (CEST) - Live
Salle 1-7 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009 Paris
Boisgirard - Antonini
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