Minor White

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 number2015.67.38.50

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, lower right, in white: "Minor WHITE" Statistics and quote by respective artist printed on card verso, in black: "Height: 5’ 11” / Weight: 165 / Born: Minneapolis / Home: Boston / Throws: How do I know? / Bats: Neither FP: I like them all / FC: Mine FF: I like them all / FD: All / FPh: Me / Minor White / Baseball is an amusing anecdote / about beautiful women."

MarkingsNumber printed inside baseball image, on card verso, upper right, in black: "50"

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DescriptionIndividual "trading card" with portrait of Minor White with long gray hair and baseball cap; he's wearing a blanket draped over his shoulders and is posed in batting stance.

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