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The Little "500" by Seong Moy

The Little 500 by Seong Moy

The Little "500"

Seong Moy

Title

The Little "500"

 
Artist

Seong Moy

  1921 - 2013 (biography)
Year
1958  
Technique
color woodcut 
Image Size
23 x 31" image size 
Signature
pencil, lower right 
Edition Size
27/40 II (second edition) 
Annotations
pencil titled and editioned 
Reference
print no. 40 in American Prints Today, 1959; Syracuse 85 
Paper
Japanese hosho 
State
ii/ii 
Publisher
artist 
Inventory ID
14274 
Price
SOLD
Description

The "Little 500" (known now as the 'Little 5') is a 200 lap men's and 100 lap women's bike race held at Indiana University Bloomington. The racers are required to use one-speed Schwinn bikes and the race benefits student scholarships. The race was dramatized in the film "Breaking Away" in 1979. Moy used a visual cacophony of lines and colors to create a sense of motion to the bicycles while the riders remain motionless as they press on toward the finish.