JULY 19TH AUCTION
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/20/2013
Harold Katz bought the 76ers in 1982. On his watch, the final piece of the championship puzzle was completed before the 1982-83 season when they acquired center Moses Malone from the Houston Rockets. Led by Malone, Hall-of-Famer Julius Erving and All-Stars Maurice Cheeks, Andrew Toney, and Bobby Jones they dominated the regular season, winning 65 games in what is still the second most winning year in franchise history.
The Sixers went on to sweep the New York Knicks in the Eastern Conference playoffs and then beat the Milwaukee Bucks in five games. The Sixers completed their amazing run by winning their third NBA championship (and second in Philadelphia) with a four-game sweep of the Los Angeles Lakers. Their 12–1 playoff record is the second-best in league history after the 2000-01 Lakers, who went 15–1 en route to the NBA Title.
Peter Max is is one of the most famous living artists and a pop culture icon. Max’s use of bold colors, uplifting images and uncommon artistic diversity has touched almost every phase of American culture and has inspired many generations. Max has painted for 6 U.S. Presidents and His art is on display in Presidential Libraries and U.S. Embassies. He has painted Lady Liberty annually since America's Bicentennial and a collage of his Liberties adorned 145 million Verizon phone books.
Max has been named an official artist of the 2006 U.S. Olympic Team at the Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. He has also been Official Artist of 5 Super Bowls, World Cup USA, The World Series, The U.S. Open, The Indy 500, The NYC Marathon and The Kentucky Derby.
The painting offered here depicts the 1982-83 Philadelphia 76ers Championship team and has been autographed by 15 members of the team including star players Julius Erving, Maurice Cheeks, Moses Malone, Clint Richardson, Bobby Jones and Andrew Toney as well as Coach Billy Cunningham and artist Peter Max.
This marvelous blend of sports and pop culture is one of the versions given directly to a member of the 1982-83 Championship team from whom it was attained. Comes with full LOA from PSA/DNA as well as a LOA from team member Clint Richardson.