Winds of Change
Artist
Leroy Allen
(American, 1951 - 2007)
Printer
The Lawrence Lithography Workshop
(American, founded 1979)
Date2003
MediumLithograph on Rives heavyweight paper
DimensionsImage: 19 1/2 × 14 inches (49.53 × 35.56 cm)
Sheet: 26 1/4 × 20 inches (66.68 × 50.8 cm)
Sheet: 26 1/4 × 20 inches (66.68 × 50.8 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust through the George H. and Elizabeth O. Davis Fund and the Andrew Atterbury and Gwen Prentice Fund
Object number2024.9.2
Edition/State/ProofPP
On View
On viewGallery Location
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Collections
DescriptionA Black baseball player occupies the center of the print. The is seen from a low vantage point so that he towers in the print. He turns his head to his proper right and looks up. He wears a white baseball uniform with thin black stripes (indicating a home game) and a hat. The name of the team on the front of the shirt is hard to read. Presumably Brooklyn, as the Brooklyn Dodgers was the team that hired Jackie Robinson.) He holds a baseball glove in his proper left hand hanging at his side. His proper right hand holds a baseball to the front of his thigh. To the viewer’s left, outfield baseball stadium two-level seating with a bank of lights on top of a pylon. To the viewer’s right, advertisements on the back wall of the outfield. Over his head, a flock of 12 birds heading to the right.Exhibition HistoryThe Lawrence Lithography Workshop: Highlights from the Archive. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO. December 21, 2024 - June 22, 2025.
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