Winter Auction 2015 closing February 7
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/8/2015
There were 1,364 words in JFK’s world-changing, generation-defining speech—and, incredibly, every single one of them has been meticulously crafted to form this one-of-a-kind original portrait. Not a single outline, not a single facial contour or shadow, is composed of anything but the individual letters themselves. And scrolling across Kennedy’s collar bone are those immortal 22 words that live on as one of the most famous quotations in American history: “And so, my fellow Americans: Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country.” This dazzling conversation piece appears on high-quality Arches Aquarelle Rag paper and is signed by the artist in pencil.
Bio: Rarely do sports artists emerge who blaze a new trail and reinvent what’s possible, yet Daniel Duffy has been doing just that for over five years with his extraordinary Word Art creations. The Philadelphia-based innovator uses text, numbers, dates, game logs and statistics for his original pen-and-ink portraits of athletes and historical figures. Duffy has sold more than 10,000 prints at public appearances, at the Phillies’ Citizens Bank Park. Duffy’s Bryce Harper artwork was featured in a Gatorade commercial, he also was the honored guest for a multi-day live art performance at the TED2014 conference in Vancouver where his subjects included Bill Gates.