Lee Witkin
Artist
Mike Mandel
(American, born 1950)
Date1975
MediumPhotolithograph
DimensionsImage: 3 1/8 × 2 3/16 inches (7.94 × 5.56 cm)
Sheet: 3 1/2 × 2 1/2 inches (8.89 × 6.35 cm)
Sheet: 3 1/2 × 2 1/2 inches (8.89 × 6.35 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2015.67.38.6
SignedCopyright printed on card verso, bottom, in black: "Gum by Topps Chewing Gum, Brooklyn / Litho by Mike Roberts, Berkeley / © Mike Mandel"
InscribedName printed on sheet recto, top, in white: "Lee WITKIN"
Statistics and quote by respective artist printed on card verso, in black: "Height: 5’ 8”/ Weight: 150 / Born: N.J. / Home: N.Y.C. / Throws: Right / Bats: Right FP: None/ FC: One that works FF: Kodachrome 25 / FD: None / FPh: The one I’m near / Lee Witkin / One of the greatest moments of my / life was Bobby Thompson’s home run / in the 3rd game of the 1951 Dodger- / Giant playoffs. I was in high / school (sophomore) and had been wit- / ness to every Giant game that year - / either on T.V., radio, or at the / Polo Grounds. My grandfather, Simon / who was 87, and the original cause / for my liking the Giants, was my / closest buddy that summer. We had / great times – all capped by that / “shot heard ‘round the world.””
MarkingsNumber printed inside baseball image, on card verso, upper right, in black: "6"
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