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Little Known Facts About Mort Künstler

Jerry West

...Mort Künstler did this painting of Jerry West in 1966?

It was used for the box cover of a “stop action” plastic model kit manufactured by Aurora Plastics and depicted the Lakers all-time, all-star scoring one of his game winning baskets. It was one of a series of six Mort Künstler paintings that were used for their “Great Moments in Sport” series.

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Did You Also Know...?

...Mort Künstler did this drawing for CUE Magazine?

...that Mort Künstler painted the paperback book cover for Dagger - the Centaur Conspiracy?

...Mort Künstler did this drawing of a Styracosaurus, Ankylosaurus, and Triceratops for Dinosaur Story?

...The Brooklyn College Alumni Association, in New York, presented this Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award to Mort Künstler on September 28, 1986?

...The Doctor's Second Love was one of many book covers that Mort Künstler painted for the Elizabeth Seifert "doctor" novels?

...Mort Künstler did many paintings of the War in Vietnam?

...Mort Künstler painted this gorilla and baby in 1974?

...Mort Künstler witnessed the first touchdown of the Space Shuttle, Columbia, on April 14, 1981?

...Mort Künstler painted this western paperback cover for the Louis L'Amour book Utah Blaine?

...Mort Künstler painted this illustration for Death Run?

...Mort Künstler did the cover painting for Furious Moose of the Wilderness?

...Mort Künstler painted this advertisement for Liggett and Meyers?

...Mort Künstler did this painting for the movie The Omega Man?

...Mort Künstler painted this box cover for the plastic kit of the Polaris launching nuclear sub, Andrew Jackson?

...Mort Künstler painted the Fokker Triplane of the famous Red Baron?

...Mort Künstler painted this illustration of a U.S. sub under depth charge attack during World War II?

...Mort Künstler did this illustration for the classic book by Alfred Ollivant, Bob, Son of Battle?

...Mort Künstler did this painting of Chief High Horse of the Rosebud Sioux in 1985?

...Mort Künstler painted this Indian Chief at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn?

...Mort Künstler did this farm scene for the Danbury Mint in 1993?

...Mort Künstler did this painting of Jerry West in 1966?

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