Hart Ski Colorado Original Vintage Poster (c.1970), Roger Staub USA
67 x 53 cm
Made in U.S.A
Photograph of Olympic Medalist, Roger Staub, photographed by Marvin Newman. Born in 1936, Staub won the gold medal in the Giant Slalom in the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley; his first Olympics having been in 1956 where he finished fourth. Following a brief career as a professional racer he commenced a life as ski school director at Vail, Colorado, just after its opening. He died in 1974 in a ski gliding accident.
Condition: Generally excellent, direct from the surplus stock of the printers, LooArt Press, which closed in the early 1970s.