The poster of Los Angeles 1984

Credit: IOC / Olympic Museum Collections

The star is a universal symbol of the highest aspirations of mankind, the horizontal bars portray the speed.

Sixteen renowned artists designed 15 posters for the Games. The subsequent posters were signed by John Baldessari, Jennifer Bartlet, Jonathan Bofsky, April Greiman abd Jayme Odgers, Raymond Saunders and Garry Winogrand.

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