LeRoy Neiman Signed "Duane Bobick" 16x20 1972 Olympic Heavyweight Boxing AP Serigraph on Archival Paper (PA LOA)

from the Munich Suite 1972 Serigraph

Leroy Neiman captures the moment from 1972

Bobick was touted as a rising star at this early stage, and may have been overconfident as he met Stevenson again during the 1972 Olympic games. The fight was even after two rounds with Stevenson getting the edge in round one and Bobick rallying in round two. In the third round, Bobick fell victim to a nemesis that would bedevil him for the rest of his boxing career; the overhand right. Stunned, floored and eventually defenseless, Bobick was mercilessly pounded by the Cuban champion until the bout was stopped; this was his Bobick's last bout as an amateur

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.

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