Peter Gowland

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 number2015.67.38.20

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 black: "Peter GOWLAND" Statistics and quote by respective artist printed on card verso, in black: "Height: 6’ 3” / Weight: 165 / Born: Hollywood, Ca. / Home: Santa Monica, Ca. / Throws: Right / Bats: Right FP: Agfa Brovira / FC: Hasselblad FF: Kodachrome II / FD: D-76 / FPh: Mario Cassili / Peter Gowland / I doubt if anyone would expect me to write about / baseball. They might expect me to talk about wo- / men because I am known for the photo of the pin- / up and the nude. Other might expect me to talk / about the five cameras we build. But it I have to / put what is most important in life to me, it would / be health. I cannot understand how most people / destroy their only body with drink, smoking and / inactivity. To my wife Alice and me, jogging tow / miles every day, swimming and gym work is the most / important thing we do. A day doesn’t go by that we / don’t do two or all three of these. We don’t like / to watch other people exercising however, Watch- / ing baseball for example, or golf. Better to run / the 18 holes! I am now 58 and intend to run to / the end of my life, The more you run, the longer / you live. Take Mr. Lewis of San Francisco. He / ran about 3,500 miles a year. Still running until / he died at 105. How may baseball players live / that long? Cokes and hot dogs kill them.”

MarkingsNumber printed inside baseball image, on card verso, upper right, in black: "20"

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DescriptionIndividual "trading card" with portrait of Peter Gowland wearing collar shirt with baseball cap and glove.

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