Bob Pollack

TYSON WINS BY A KNOCKOUT

2023

Pollack, Bob (American, born 1936). A YOUNG MIKE TYSON Original painting in acrylics on paper, 2023. Signed and dated within the image. 11 X 14 inches. Matted. In excellent conditi...

Pollack, Bob (American, born 1936).A YOUNG FREDDY COUPLES. Original painting in acrylics on paper, 2023. Signed and dated within the image. 11 X 14 inches. Matted. In excellent cond...

Pollack, Bob (American, born 1936).AIR JORDAN. Original painting in acrylics on paper, 2023. Signed and dated within the image. 11 X 14 inches. Matted. In ...

Sprinchorn, Carl (American, 1887-1971) UNTITLED. Drawing, pastel and ink wash on paper, not dated. Signed, lower right. 8 x 5 inches, framed to 16 x 12 inches. Provenance, Tom Veille...

Homage to the late great champion Ali. Acrylic and oil stick on canvas. About the Artist: Jack Florczyk, known professionally as Jack Flo, is an American contemporary fine arti...

This original mixed media painting by David Lloyd Glover (Canadian, b1949) captures an iconic moment in boxing history: Muhammad Ali standing over a fallen Sonny Liston. The piece sh...

America Martin "One Two KO" Ink and Acrylic on Paper 26" x 19" 32" x 25” Framed In a distinct style that is both figurative and abstract, gestural and deliberate, America Martin rev...

Untitled (Joe Louis knocking out Max Schmeling in 1938 rematch) Pen and ink with wash on heavy wove sketchbook paper, 1938 Signed lower right: Fletcher Martin Directly related to Martin's famous painting of 1942 entitled "Lullaby", which was also used in the lithograph of the same name. (see photo) The drawing depicts the third and final knockdown of Max Schmeling in their rematch of 1938. Condition: Mat staining at the edges of the sketchbook page edges Toning to verso from previous framing. Does not affect framed presentation "It was here that Louis first used sport to bridge America's cavernous racial divide. With Hitler on the march in Europe and using Schmeling's victory over Louis as proof of “Aryan supremacy,” anti-Nazi sentiment ran high in the States. Louis had long grown accustomed to the pressures of representing his race but here the burdens were broader and deeper. Now he was shouldering the hopes of an entire nation. A few weeks before the match Louis visited the White House and U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, whose tenure lasted even longer than Louis' would, told him, “Joe, we need muscles like yours to beat Germany.” Those muscles certainly beat Schmeling on fight night...