Glory, glory, Man Utd? Back on 15th February 2014 I enjoyed arranging and hosting the 20 strong Manchester United squad for Golf in Dubai....
Pre round at Dubai Creek
Yes, they did pay for their golf, by the way.....
David Moyes was 'running the show' at the time and we agreed, in the name of exploring Art, money and football ahead of my Heroes and Villains collection that I could create something a bit special to mark the visit. For a nominal $20 fee - each $1 bill being signed by each of the players so each player, in the name of Art worth $1 each.
The signed $1 bills were presented by the Captain and soon-to-be player manager at the time, Ryan Giggs triggering a bold Artwork exploring football, art and money during disruptive times.....
20 signed $1 bills presented to me by Captain at the time Ryan Giggs.
Since moving on to manage the Welsh National team....
With one of his colleagues, Mr Wayne Rooney, happily getting involved.....
...before following the $ to America, ahead of his tenure as player Manager at Derby County with a well timed 32RED sponsorship deal...
Agreeing to play number 32 as part of the contract......
These Rooney and Giggs signed $1 bills, joining 18 others along with the signed first team shirt, forming the centrepiece of how money revolves around football and indeed, vice-versa....
With one of the most commercially successful sporting brands in the world....
With the initial layout developing into more of a symmetrical collage....
Culminating in the end results of.....
#8 of Heroes & VillainS : Manchester United
Acrylic with 20 signed Manchester United $1bills on an Evra shirt dated 15.2.14 during their visit to Dubai when they were hosted for golf kindly presented by Ryan Giggs.
145cm x 130cm
2014
Provenance of each signed $1 bill
So, here's the provenance of each signed $1 bill from 15.2.14 with...
David de Gea
Jesse Lingard
Patrice Evra
Rio Ferdinand
Chris Smalling
Ryan Giggs
Michael Carrick
Adnan Januzaj
Javier Hernandez
Alexander Buttner
Marouane Fellaini
Tom Cleverley
Juan Mata
Shinji Kagawa
Antonio Valencia
Ashley Young
Danny Welbeck
Robin Van Persie
Wayne Rooney
Nemanja Vidic
All together, all one the money....
With RVP, Rooney, Mata, Young....
So, with that all presented the question is who will buy it and where it will end up? From 15th February 2020 when this artwork goes public....
Exciting times! Serious expressions of interest only for this truly unique collectable that not only celebrates some of the greatest footballers that graced Old Trafford but also tackling the topic of money and football!
Send serious initial expressions of interest to enquiries@dollarsandart.com - no time waster please, although some teams are well known for that!
