Shea Stadium

Artist Tod Papageorge (American, born 1940)

Date1970; printed later

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 10 7/16 × 15 7/16 inches (26.51 × 39.21 cm)
Sheet: 14 × 16 13/16 inches (35.56 × 42.7 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2017.61.27

SignedSigned on sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: “Tod Papageorge”

InscribedTitled and dated on sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: “SHEA STADIUM, 1970”

MarkingsOn sheet verso, lower right corner, in pencil: “TP-6003”

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DescriptionImage of a packed baseball stadium taken from upper deck with crowd looking down onto players on field. In the foreground, three women with straw hats sit behind a young man who updates a scorecard, and two men ascend the stairs on the far left.Provenance

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The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2017;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.

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