By Frederick Hart
Located in Union City, NJ
HEROIC SPIRIT is a hand drawn limited edition lithograph after the sketch by Frederick Hart for his sculpture entitled "Heroic Spirit" created for the 1992 Atlanta Summer Olympics.
HEROIC SPIRIT was printed using hand lithography on archival Arches printmaking paper 100% acid free. This very special limited edition lithograph is a tribute to the Olympic Spirit - whose guiding principle/motto is the hendiatris Citius, Altius, Fortius, which is Latin for "Faster, Higher, Stronger". It was proposed by Pierre de Coubertin upon the creation of the International Olympic Committee in 1894. ... Coubertin said " These three words represent a programme of moral beauty.
Heroic Spirit, printed in shades of Khaki green gray, black and white, depicts four classic male and female nude figures reaching skyward, expressively drawn in graphite and white pencil, their lifelike human forms achieving the artists intention of Olympian ideals.
Print size - 31 x 23.5 inches, unframed, excellent condition, pencil signed by Frederic Hart
Edition size - 550
Year published - 1992
Frederick Hart, American sculptor was born in Atlanta Georgia in 1943, died 1999, best known for his public monuments and work in Bronze and Acrylic.
Hart is renowned for his Creation Sculpture at the Washington Cathedral in Washington DC and The Three Soldiers located at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in 1984, which is one of the most visited monuments in Washington DC. In 1988 he was the recipient of the quadrennial Presidential Design Excellence Award (Vietnam Memorial work). Both the Vietnam sculpture...
Category
1990s Contemporary Frederick Hart Prints and Multiples