Centennial
Olympic Games:
Men’s Hurdles
Airbrush and ink on paper affixed to board
Artist: Richard
Waldrep
Art director: Carl T. Herrman
First day of issue: May 2, 1996
Artists commissioned to create new Olympics stamps typically
have to find fresh ways to depict familiar subjects.
Robert M. Cunningham solves this problem admirably by
focusing on the mesmerizing forms and shapes of three
runners frozen in time.
