Autographs
Martina was considered one of the greatest tennis players of all time. This drawing was done for Good Food Magazine in 1986. If I remember I drew a number of sports figures and the article was about what their favorite foods were. I figured that since I had this drawing and she was going to be in New York for the US Open I’d try and add her to my “Autographs” project.
My “Autographs” project was something that I came up with and worked on during the 1980s and early 1990s. Basically I wanted to meet famous people and I did it for own enjoyment. What I would do is the drawing of the celebrity and then figure out how to get to them. Eventually I would get in contact with their secretary, assistant or manager and work through them. Some of the best people were the guys at the stage doors at Broadway shows. They loved my project and I would usually get to the star. Over the years I was able to get the autographs of President and Nancy Reagan (I just loved that my drawings were actually in the Oval Office), Al Hirschfeld, Liza Minnelli, Elizabeth Taylor, Malcom Forbes, Stephen Sondheim, Spike Lee, Mel Tormé, Paloma Picasso (I have a signed Picasso), Michael Jackson, Lucille Ball, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Bernadette Peters, Mandy Patinkin and Jeremy Irons, to name a few.
It was 1987 and getting to Martina was pretty easy. I started by phoning the magazine World Tennis. She had written an article for them. I spoke to an editor there and he gave me the number for her representatives in Cleveland, Ohio. They in turn gave me the number of her secretary in Fort Worth, Texas. I spoke with him and he was very nice. Meeting her in NY at the US Open would be impossible and he suggested that I send him the drawing after it was over and he’d get it signed for me. I told him that would be fine and I added that I’d also include the article the drawing was used for and other examples of people who have autographed my drawings. He said that would be great because he wanted Martina to see that I was no “fly by night operation.”
You can see other “Autographs” drawings here: www.flickr.com/photos/leselect/albums/72157677401151292/
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