| The
Art of the Stamp
Olympic Summer
Games: Runners
Artist: Robert M. Cunningham
Acrylic on paper
Art director: Bradbury Thompson
First day of issue: September 28, 1979
Artists commissioned
to create new Olympics stamps typically have to find fresh ways to depict
familiar subjects. Robert M. Cunningham solves this problem by focusing
on the mesmerizing forms and shapes of three runners frozen in time.
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