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LeRoy Neiman Signed 16x20 1972 Munich Olympic Shot Put AP Serigraph on Archival Paper (PA LOA)

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LeRoy Neiman Signed 16x20 1972 Munich Olympic Shot Put AP Serigraph on Archival Paper (PA LOA)

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Auction Date:2014 Dec 17 @ 20:00 (UTC-07:00 : PDT/MST)
Location:2320 W Peoria Ave Suite B149, Phoenix, Arizona, 85029, United States
Serigraph measures 16" x 20" in size. Artist proof (AP). Hand-signed in pencil by LeRoy Neiman (D 2012). Neiman was named the official artist by the Olympic committee for the 1972, 1976 and 1980 winter Olympics. Piece includes a Pristine Auction LOA for authenticity purposes.
In 1972 millions of television viewers worldwide watched Neiman sketching in August and September of that year, ABC-TV broadcasts showed him drawing, "from life, on the spot," scenes at the Summer Olympic Games, which took place in Munich, Germany. For most of those Olympics sketches, Neiman used a combination of two or more mediums--watercolor, ink, gouache, felt-tip marker, chalk, colored pencil, graphite, and charcoal.
Neiman captures the power of the shot put event in 1972 at the Munich Olympics. George Woods again entered the games as the American Olympic trails champion and the favorite for Olympic gold. He came close, but was again denied Olympic gold. Wladyslaw Komar, a virtual unknown from Poland, hurled a huge PR and Olympic record of 21.18 m (69 ft 5¾ in) on his first throw of the competition. Woods responded, steadily and methodically, reaching 21.17 m (69 ft 5½ inches) in the 4th round. While Komar never approached his opening effort throughout the series, Woods couldn’t pick up the final centimeter on his remaining 2 throws. He would settle for another silver medal. Woods would win the trails again in 1976, but finish out of the medal contention in Games of the Montreal Olympiad.
Authentication: Pristine Auction LOA (details)