135cm x 155cm – Original, oil on board (framed in hand-made box frame)
This is the very special and totally unique double-sided official painting, commissioned by the LTA and All England Club to officially celebrate the career of the great John McEnroe. A live Painting created in front of a 5,000 strong audience at The Royal Albert Hall, London.
The front depicts the view from the Royal Box at the RAH during the Masters Tennis tribute match between Borris Becker and Bjorn Borg against John McEnroe and Jimmy Conners.
The back depicts a similar scene but in landscape format with the hand-prints and signatures of the 20 greatest Male Tennis players from the 1960s to the present day, officially celebrating 50years of the ATP tennis tour. These include Roger Federer, Andy Roddick, Tommy Haas, Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Rafael Nadal, John McEnroe, Andre Agassi, Boris Becker, Jimmy Conners, Mats Wilander, Jim Courier, Michael Stich, Henri Leconte, Goran Ivanisevic, Stephan Edberg, Bjorn Borg, Tim Henman, Thomas Muster, Yannick Noah, Cedric Pioline amongst others...
Current value: $450-500,000