Al Coleman
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 number2015.67.38.39
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, bottom, in white: "Al COLEMAN"
Statistics and quote by respective artist printed on card verso, in black: "Height: 5’ 6” / Weight: 115 / Born: Brooklyn, NY / Home: Staten Island, NY / Throws: Right / Bats: Right FP: Hammermill Bond / FC: Mick-A-Matic FF: Kodachrome / FD: No preference / FPh: Edward Coleman / Al Coleman/ I once refused to leave a Chinese / Restaurant until they gave me a / second fortune cookie, because the / first one contained no fortune at / all."
MarkingsNumber printed inside baseball image, on card verso, upper right, in black: "39"
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