Bill Mack (Born 1944) American, Numbered and Framed Bas-Relief Sculpture. Title: "Competition." Depicts two majestic horses racing side by side. Signature bottom right incised into the bronze. Numbered 51/195 in pen upper right. Comes with certificate of authenticity and prior sales record for provenance. 

Overall Size: 17 3/4 x 15 3/4 in. 

Sight Size: 12 x 9 5/8 in. 

Bill Mack was born on September 25th, 1944 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and as a child he developed an interest in painting and sculpture, eventually working as a freelance artist before he even finished high school. He attended the University of Minnesota with a major in journalism and a minor in art history, and in his senior year he began to experiment with making full-round artworks and painted relief sculptures which led to a highly successful gallery showing in St. Paul and the opening of his own studio. He made life-size cast bronze sculptures for the Minnesota Twins’ Target Field, Hazeltine National Golf Club, and several Midwestern corporate executive headquarters, and in the 1990s he was selected to craft pieces exclusively for Sports Hall of Fames throughout the country after his work for the Twins gained national attention, with some of his most recognizable works being Kareen Abdul-Jabbar for the NBA, Harmon Killebrew for baseball, Peggy Fleming for figure skating, and Arthur Ashe for tennis. He also designed the Hobey Baker Award for the Canadian and U.S. Hockey Halls of Fame, and was instrumental in organizing a campaign to save and restore the original H from the Hollywood sign that had been abandoned in 1978, a project that took five years to complete. He continues to work today from his home in Minnesota making portraits for sale through galleries like Park West, as well as unique commissions for public, private, and corporate collections around the world. 

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