Sale 2495 - Illustration Art, December 6, 2018

212 c WILSON McLEAN. “ABC Wide World of Sports.” Advertisement for the sports television series, commissioned by Roone Arledge, executive producer of ABC Sports and president of ABC News, circa 1968. Acrylic on canvas. 1220x965 mm; 48x38 inches. Signed in lower right image. [1,000/1,500] A large-scale work by the prolific, award-winning McLean, showcasing the recipients of the popular show’s Athletes of the Year award for the late 1960s, including Jim Ryun, Jean-Claude Killy, Peggy Fleming, Muhammad Ali, Arnold Palmer, and Jackie Stewart.