Original drawing of Olympic rings

奥运会旗原始图样拍卖

An Olympic flag design created by Pierre deCoubertin was sold for 185,000 euros on Sunday, theauction house in Cannes that organized the salesaid.

戛纳一家拍卖行称，7月26日，现代奥林匹克之父皮埃尔·德·顾拜旦设计的奥运会会旗原始图样在该行组织的拍卖会上以18.5万欧元拍出。

The drawing is made on a white canvas measuring21cm x 27.5cm, in graphite and opaquewatercolor, and consists of an intertwining of five rings of different colors.

设计者在一张尺寸为21厘米*27.5厘米的白布上，用石墨和不透明水彩画了五个不同颜色的圆环组成的图案。

The five rings represented the five participating continents of the time.

五环代表了当时参加现代奥林匹克运动会的五大洲。



Alexandre Debussy, associate director of Cannes Encheres, said that the design was sold to aBrazilian collector for that sum, adding that France's National Sport Museum made a bid thatwas not enough to secure its purchase.

戛纳·恩切里斯博物馆副馆长亚历山大·德彪西表示，这幅设计作品最终由一位巴西收藏家拍得。他还表示，法国体育博物馆也参加了这次竞拍，但最终未能拍到这幅作品。

Created in 1913 by Coubertin, the father of the modern Olympics, the design had been given toone of his supporters in Lausanne, and stayed in the same family until it was bought by thecollector who put it up for auction on Sunday.

顾拜旦于1913年创作了这一图案，并将其送给了他在洛桑的一名支持者。此后，这幅图样一直被这个家族收藏，直到被一位收藏家买下。这位收藏家7月26日将其拍卖。