Kansas Jayhawks Basketball Litho Signed by Roy Williams & John Boyd Martin 1991

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This is a Kansas Jayhawks Basketball Signed & Numbered Lithograph Pencil Signed by Coach Roy Williams & Artist John Boyd Martin....This is a "Scarce" Professionally Matted & Framed c-1991 Kansas Jayhawks "History-Making Basketball" Limited Edition... The Lithograph was done on heavy stock paper & KU Embossed. The Litho is numbered 595/1459. It measures 28 1/4" X 24 1/4"..Outstanding KU Basketball Collectible!...Shipped Via USPS Media Mail.
ABOUT THE ARTIST: John Boyd Martin has established himself as one of the most accomplished portrait artists in the entire country. His paintings now hang in over 90 cities around the world, from Ireland, to Japan, to Jerusalem, to Santa Fe, to Cooperstown, to the Pentagon. What has made him so popular is a certain realism with which he paints. Born in 1936 and raised in the small town of Ottawa, Kansas, directly across the street from the campus of Ottawa University, Mr. Martin witnessed life at its most vibrant. Impressions of the honest and diligent work ethic of the Midwest, combined with a front row seat to lively campus life, have been instrumental in giving his work a down-to-earth feel that captures the essence of his subjects in a unique and dramatic manner. A graduate of the University of Kansas School of Fine Arts, where he was an honor student and member of Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity, Mr. Martin began his career as a graphic designer and illustrator. He later became an advertising art director, winning more than 150 local and national awards for his creativity and talent. But, like a first true love, portraiture always tugged at him and in 1986, he decided to give it his complete and passionate attention. In his long and distinguished list of over 950 commissions, Mr. Martin's work has crossed many professions, including business, academia, government, medicine, collegiate and professional sports. Mr. Martin has done portrait commissions for such institutions as: The University of Michigan The University of Texas in Austin The University of South Carolina Louisiana State University The University of Kansas The University of West Virginia Marshall University The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine(25 commissions) Kansas State University (2 locations) Ottawa University (3 locations) Steamboat Ski Corporation Rochester Resorts Phi Gamma Fraternity (National) Pine Valley Golf Club, New Jersey Major League Baseball Negro Leagues Baseball Museum National Baseball Hall of Fame The World Golf Hall of Fame The National Football League Properties Golf Course Superintendents Association of America Professional Golf Association Tween Waters Inn, Captiva Island, Florida And professional sports teams: The Kansas City Chiefs The Kansas City Royals The Atlanta Braves The Detroit Tigers The Milwaukee Brewers The Chicago White Sox The New York Mets Mr. Martin has done numerous publication covers, including: The MLB World Series 1980, 1981, 1982, 1987, 1988 The MLB All-Star game 1973, 1981, 1982, 1983 The NBA All-Star game 1982 Kansas City Starlight Theater 1977, 1978 Cigar Aficionado December 1998 Golf Course Management - December 1993 And many art prints, including Fifty years of the Final Four (NCAA) Fifty years of Changing Lives(Colonial Presbyterian Church) The Legends of Kansas City Sports (ALS) The Bayer Invitational Golf Tournament 1993 U.S. Ryder Cup team (PGA of America) Kansas City Chiefs Hall of Fame Kansas City Royals Division Champions Kansas City Royals World Champions Kansas City Royals Yearbook In addition, Mr. Martin continues to do portrait awards for various organizations on an annual basis: The Ottawa University Braves Hall of Fame(103 commissions thru 2015) The Kansas City Chiefs Hall of Fame The Kansas City Royals Hall of Fame The Kansas Sports Hall of Fame(211 commissions thru 2012) Big Brothers/Big Sisters Mr. Martin has donated his art to several charitable organizations Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Steve Palermo Endowment for Spinal Cord Injury Rainbows United The Greater Kansas City Community Foundation Ronald McDonald House American Baptist Convention Center, Green Lake, WI Organization Memberships: The Portrait Society of America The Friends of Art, Nelson Art Gallery National Graphic Artists Guild Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA American Portrait Society Scottsdale Artists School The Lotos Club, New York City Volunteer Service Memberships: President, The Art Directors Club of Kansas City,1969-1970 Trustee, Ottawa University Board of Trustees,1999-2006 Trustee, Kansas University Fine Arts Advisory Board,2006-2009 Member, Overland Park Art at the Center Committee,2006-present Honors/Awards: Recipient, Kansas City Urban Design Award, 1975 Recipient, Over 150 Art/Design Awards from New York, Kansas City, Dallas-Fort Worth, St. Louis, Omaha,Denver and Chicago, 1967-1978 Member, National Design Team for the NCAA Visitors Center, 1990 - 1994 Inductee, Ottawa High School Wall of Honor, 1998 Judge, Ward Parkway Winter Art Show, 2004 Judge, National Economic Council Design Show, 1972 Vice President, Valentine Radford Advertising,1969-1972 President, Kaine Martin Harmon True Advertising,1976-1978 Ottawa University Alumni Association, Honorary Membership, 2015 Phi Gamma Delta, Distiguished Fiji Award, 2011 Exhibits: Kansas State Senate, Topeka, KS, 1990 NCAA Headquarters, Overland Park, KS, 1990 Ottawa Community Arts Council, 2001, 2006 Powell Community Center, Mission, KS, 2005 Ward and Ward Frame and Gallery, 2003 Newman Gallery, Philadelphia, 1995 Kaw Valley Art Gallery, 1991 The May Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ, 1992-1996 Feature Articles: Braniff Magazine Kansas City Magazine Independent Magazine Kansas City Star Star Magazine Lawrence Journal World Topeka Daily Capital Ottawa Herald TV/Radio Appearances: KMBC-TV (Len Dawson) WDAF-TV (Denny Trease) KCMO-TV (Jack Henry) Metro Sports (Duke Frye) Metro Sports (Jack Harry) WDAF (Dan Henry Show) WHB Radio (Crunch Time) KMBZ (Don Fortune)
COACH ROY WILLIAMS: Roy Allen Williams (born August 1, 1950) is an American retired college basketball coach who served as the men's head coach for the North Carolina Tar Heels for 18 seasons and the Kansas Jayhawks for 15 seasons. He was inducted into the College Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006 and the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2007. Playing career 1968 1969 North Carolina (J.V.) Coaching career (HCunless noted) 1973 1978 Charles D. Owen HS19781 988 North Carolina (assistant) 1988-2003 Kansas 2003-2021 North Carolina Head coaching record Overall 903-264 (.774) Tournaments 79-27 (NCAA Division I) 41 (NIT) Accomplishments and honors Championships 3x NCAA Division I Tournament (2005,2009,2017) 9x NCAA Division I Regional Final Four (1991, 1993, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2016, 2017) 9x ACC regular season (2005, 2007,2009, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2019) 3x ACC Tournament (2007,2008,2016) 4x Big 12 regular season (1997, 1998, 2002, 2003) 3x Big 12 Tournament (1997,1999) 5x Big Eight regular season (1991,1993, 1995, 1996) Big Eight Tournament (1992) Awards USA Today Sports National Coach of the Year (2019) 2x AP Coach of the Year (1992, 2006) 2x Henry Iba Award (1990, 2006) Naismith College Coach of the Year (1997) 2x ACC Coach of the Year (2006, 2011) Adolph Rupp Cup (2006) John R. Wooden Legends of Coaching Award (2003) 3x Big 12 Coach of the Year (1997, 2002, 2003) 4x Big Eight Coach of the Year (1990, 1992, 1995, 1996) Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2007, College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2006 Medal record Men's basketball Representing United States Olympic Games Assistant coach for United States 2004 Athens, Men's basketball FIBA Americas Championship Assistant coach for United States 2003 San Juan Men's basketball .
.Williams started his college coaching career at North Carolina as an assistant coach for Dean Smith in 1978. Four years later, North Carolina won the national championship. After 10 years as Smith's assistant, Williams became the head coach at Kansas in 1988, taking them to 14 consecutive NCAA tournaments, four Final Four appearances, two national championship game appearances, collecting an .805 winning percentage, and winning nine conference titles. In 2003, Williams left Kansas to return to his alma mater North Carolina, replacing Matt Doherty as head coach of the Tar Heels. In an 18-year period at North Carolina, Williams won three national championships, reached a total of five Final Fours, finished first in the Atlantic Coast Conference regular season standings nine times, won three ACC tournament championships, one AP National Coach of the Year award, and two ACC Coach of the Year awards. He is third all-time for most wins at Kansas behind Phog Allen and Bill Self, and second all-time for most wins at North Carolina behind his legendary mentor Dean Smith. On January 25, 2020, with a 94-71 win over Miami, Williams reached 880 wins surpassing Smith's 879 win total. With a total of 903 wins, Williams took his teams to nine Final Fours in his careers at Kansas and North Carolina. Williams is the fifth NCAA Men's Division 1 head coach to reach 900 wins, and the fastest head coach to reach that total, in the fewest number of games. He is the only coach in NCAA history to have led two different programs to at least four Final Fours each and the only basketball coach in NCAA history to have 400 or more victories at two NCAA Division 1 schools. He is also 14th all-time in the NCAA for winning percentage among men's college basketball coaches...As an assistant coach for Smith, North Carolina won the 1982 national championship. As a head coach, Williams coached in a total of six NCAA championship games (1991, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2016, and 2017). On April 4, 2005, Williams won his first national title as the Tar Heels defeated the University of Illinois in the 2005 NCAA championship game. He again led theTar Heels to a national title on April 6, 2009, against Michigan State. Williams won his third national championship on April 3, 2017, when he led the Tar Heels to victory against the Gonzaga Bulldogs. Williams is one of six NCAA Men's Division I college basketball coaches to have won at least three national championships. THANKS FOR LOOKING!