Arthur Tress
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 number2015.67.38.69
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: "Arthur TRESS"
Statistics and quote by respective artist printed on card verso, in black: "Height: 5’ 8”/ Weight: 135 / Born: Brooklyn, N.Y. / Home: New York, N.Y. / Throws: Left / Bats: Left FP: Polycontrast F / FC: Hasselblad FF: Plus-X / FD: Acufine / FPh: Duane Michals / Arthur Tress / I was never really any good at base- / ball. I was too nearsighted to be a / good batter, too timid to be a cat- / cher, and too afraid of the pop-ups / to be trusted in left field. There / were no other positions left for me / to play, and that’s why I became a / photographer."
MarkingsNumber printed inside baseball image, on card verso, upper right, in black: "69"
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