Iron Cross

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Requiring significant core, arm and wrist strength, your body is suspended upright while your arms extend laterally. This young man represented the USA at the 2017 Maccabi Games in Israel, earning a silver medal on high bar, and helping the team take silver against a field of elite competitors. The Maccabi Games is the third largest international sports competition in the world, after the OIympics and the Pan American Games. I feel this image captures the intensity of competition, with focus trained exclusively on the athlete in pursuit of perfection. Lithograph on Hahnemuhle paper. Plate is hand-painted using alcohol tusche and Pitt pen, heat-set and pulled on intaglio press. Signed and chopped by the artist. Limited edition. 31" x 22" x 0.1" - 2021 - Printmaking by Michael E. Voss (United States), Lithography on Paper. Its dimensions are 78.7x55.9 cm. The artist's signature is present on the artwork. This artwork is part of the gallery Art & Sport. Materials: Hahnemuhle paper · Original Listing: $550