Gary Metz

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)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2015.67.38.19

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, bottom, in white: "Gary METZ" Statistics and quote by respective artist printed on card verso, in black: "Height: 5’ 11” / Weight: 163 / Born: Detroit, Mich. / Home: Boulder, Colo. / Throws: Right / Bats: Both FP: Whatever does the job / FC: Leica FF: / FD: / FPh: Atget, W. Evans, Friedlander, W. Morris / Gary Metz / On the diamond of Life there’s a mount at the / center. / On the diamond of Life both a fly in the air / and a bounce on the ground can get you home. / On the diamond of Life someone always sits at / the 7th inning stretch. / On the diamond of Life pitcher and batter need / each other. / On the diamond of Life a short-stop is some- / times required. / On the diamond of Life the ball moves from / place to place; play stops when it stays / in the glove. / On the diamond of Life one run follows from / another, each in its proper order. / On the diamond of Life the crack of the bat and / the crack of the mit sound the same. / On the diamond of Life when the umpires are / cross-eyed somehow the players manage. / On the diamond of Life the bases are loaded. / -From the rubiyat of Mulla Yogi-Bir Al’Bhasi”

MarkingsNumber printed inside baseball image, on card verso, upper right, in black: "19"

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DescriptionIndividual "trading card" with portrait of Gary Metz crouched down in grass, raising catcher's mask from his face, and holding baseball above his head.

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