"After the Game" Lithograph Signed by Larry Bird & Artist Allen Hackney 249/1000

Description

Lithograph by Indiana artist Allen Hackney (1938-1994) paying tribute to Larry Bird: “After the Game” released in 1986.
Allen Hackney (like Bird, was a graduate of Indiana State University), did more than a dozen paintings of Bird beginning in the late 1980s. They include “After the Game” (1986), “Bird of the Celtics” (1987) and “Blue Bird” (1988). Bird did signed editions of each. It is signed by Larry Bird and signed & numbered 249 of 1000 by Allen Hackney. So far I've only found 2 other copies of this "After particular print ever being available for purchase online.
I did a massive move out clean for a retired man and his wife after they relocated to Texas. As partial payment for the cleaning job I was given a select few pieces of autographed sports memorabilia and this lithograph was included in that. I'm not a sports fan and while my husband is a sports fan, he's from the Midwest so Boston nor basketball in general are really his jam. This is 23.5" wide by 18" tall and was originally framed but the frame and glass were busted by whomever the couple hired to pack their home so it will not come framed. For shipping it will be carefully rolled and placed inside of a postal tube. *There is a tiny tan spot at the center of the far-left side. It appears to either have been there for a very long time or is part of the print as it is flush with the paper and very faint. I made sure to include a close-up photo of it as well*
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