Babe Ruth, Yankee Stadium, June 13, 1948
Framed: 20 x 21 1/4 inches (50.8 x 53.98 cm)
American Photography: Recent Additions to the Hallmark Photographic Collection. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, February 27 – May 14, 2000, no cat.
In the Public Eye: Photography and Fame. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, March 8 - June 15, 2008, no cat.
Rotation 8. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, May 15 - October 10, 2010, no cat.
Rotation 12. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, March 28 – July 22, 2012, no cat.
Rotation 15. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, June 19, 2013 – January 5, 2014, no cat
Nat Fein, an experienced New York news photographer, captured the essence of the last days of Babe Ruth (1895–1948) in this iconic, Pulitzer Prize-winning image. Fein recorded Ruth standing at home plate at Yankee Stadium, bowing to the crowd, in a ceremony to retire his jersey number. Made only months before Ruth’s untimely death, this image shows the once robust slugger standing stooped and thin, a shadow of his former self.
