Found at a Thrift Store – Appears to be a portrait of Jerome Bettis and is Signed and Numbered. Can anyone please help me identify this piece?
July 8, 2024
Found at a Thrift Store – Appears to be a portrait of Jerome Bettis and is Signed and Numbered. Can anyone please help me identify this piece?
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I found this piece at a thrift store and it caught my eye because it was signed and numbered. I didn’t know who the image was of until I searched what’s on the shirt: IntegrServ. Apparently, Bettis and his brother owned half of the company, and there was some discrimination lawsuit involved. I then noticed the other side of his shirt, which says Jerome, and reverse searched the signature to put two and two together that this is in fact an image of him and is signed by him. Then the HOF, I assume, is Hall of Fame. This is number 195 of 200 prints.
But searching the image comes up with nothing. The artist’s name appears to be Steve and marked 18, presumably from 2018. I can’t figure out who the artist is or what this piece is even about. Also, why does it seem like he’s dressed like a car mechanic, racecar driver, or something, and is holding a helmet (mechanics don’t wear helmets, do they?) He appears to be stepping into a big rig.
Why is this piece part of a limited 200 series? I feel like a one-off copy would be fan art, but being limited and numbered makes me think it’s more than that. Signed, numbered, and about his company rather than football, it’s all so interesting but not making any sense to me. Any information would be great
He was called the bus which could explain the trucker gear.
OP: *Can anyone please help me identify this piece? … Any information would be great!*
Also OP: *-provides seemingly every single piece of information about the piece in their post-*
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I found this piece at a thrift store and it caught my eye because it was signed and numbered. I didn’t know who the image was of until I searched what’s on the shirt: IntegrServ. Apparently, Bettis and his brother owned half of the company, and there was some discrimination lawsuit involved. I then noticed the other side of his shirt, which says Jerome, and reverse searched the signature to put two and two together that this is in fact an image of him and is signed by him. Then the HOF, I assume, is Hall of Fame. This is number 195 of 200 prints.
But searching the image comes up with nothing. The artist’s name appears to be Steve and marked 18, presumably from 2018. I can’t figure out who the artist is or what this piece is even about. Also, why does it seem like he’s dressed like a car mechanic, racecar driver, or something, and is holding a helmet (mechanics don’t wear helmets, do they?) He appears to be stepping into a big rig.
Why is this piece part of a limited 200 series? I feel like a one-off copy would be fan art, but being limited and numbered makes me think it’s more than that. Signed, numbered, and about his company rather than football, it’s all so interesting but not making any sense to me. Any information would be great
He was called the bus which could explain the trucker gear.
OP: *Can anyone please help me identify this piece? … Any information would be great!*
Also OP: *-provides seemingly every single piece of information about the piece in their post-*