IMAGE
Heath, Eric Walmsley 1923-:[Lone runner at the boycotted Moscow Olympics pulls his own starter gun]. The Dominion, 12 May 1980.
- Date
- 1980
- By
- Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923-; Dominion (Newspaper)
- Reference
- B-157-032
- Description
In an empty stadium, apart from a janitor, a New Zealander runner is using a string to trigger the starting gun as he lines up at the starting line. Beside him the lanes for USA, Pakistan, Japan and Canada are empty. The stadium is decorated with the Olympic symbol and the hammer and sickle. The 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow were boycotted because of the invasion of Afghanistan by Soviet Russia.
Exhibited in 'Fun & Games - New Zealand Cartoon Perspectives on the Olympics 1952-2000 (Exhibition)'
Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s).
Physical Description: Black ink and crayon 325 x 398 mm.
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- Part of
- Various cartoonists :Eleven cartoons by Eric Heath and five by Nevile Lodge on the 1980 Olympics held in Moscow.
- Format
- 1 original cartoon(s), Works of art, Ink drawings, Cartoons (Commentary), Black ink and crayon 325 x 398 mm.
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