2004 - Olympic torch
No. 81596803
Athletics - 2016 - Artwork, Olympic torch
No. 81596803
Athletics - 2016 - Artwork, Olympic torch
Olympic Torch Rio 2016 Brazil
Limited and numbered editition
Number 113
Olympic Torch Rio 2016 by São Paulo studio Chelles & Hayashi. Used. In very good condition.
Chelles & Hayashi created the recycled aluminium torch for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. The design expands vertically when it comes into contact with the flame to reveal a series of coloured resin sections.
Presented during a ceremony in Brasília Olympic torch wihas be passed between 12,000 torchbearers.
Its horizontal segments, once open, reveal the sky, mountains, sea and the ground, represented by the promenade of Copacabana,.
Each torch weighs between 1 and 1.5 kilograms, measuring 63.5 centimetres high when contracted and 69 centimetres when expanded.
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