Grey Villet
New York Yankee catcher Yogi Berra screaming in the face of the home plate umpire as he protests the official's "safe" call on Brooklyn Dodger Jackie Robinson who is walking away after a brilliant steal of home base in the 1st Game of the World Series at Yankee Stadium

New York Yankee catcher Yogi Berra screaming in the face of the home plate umpire as he protests the official's "safe" call on Brooklyn Dodger Jackie Robinson who is walking away after a brilliant steal of home base in the 1st Game of the World Series at Yankee Stadium

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Artist Grey VilletSouth African, 1927 - 2000

Titles

New York Yankee catcher Yogi Berra screaming in the face of the home plate umpire as he protests the official's "safe" call on Brooklyn Dodger Jackie Robinson who is walking away after a brilliant steal of home base in the 1st Game of the World Series at Yankee Stadium

DateSeptember 28, 1955

PlaceNew York City, New York, United States

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 13 1/2 × 9 3/8 in. (34.3 × 23.9 cm)
Sheet: 13 1/2 × 9 3/8 in. (34.3 × 23.8 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Joe Sutton in honor of Robert C. McNair at "One Great Night in November, 2010"

Object number2011.251

Not on view

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Department

Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

Provenance[Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2011.
Exhibition History“Made for Magazines: Iconic 20th-Century Photographs,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 9–May 4, 2014.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Various inscriptions in crayon and graphite:
PHOTO NO. / 2641186, 1114 C-4 19 / 111 / 471, (R) Baseball - Berra, Yogi (Yankee player), Berra / After Robbie Steal / 8th, P & 5, D-17086, 10c, PF99880

Typed on verso lower edge:
Outraged catcher Yogi Berra protests call on Robinson (1) Jackie also upset other Yankees, rattling one / pitcher and teasing outfielder Elston Howard into throwing to the wrong base
Stamped on verso lower left:
© _______Time Inc. All Rights Reserved. / No reproduction, commercial display or other / use is permitted without express written / permission of the copyright holder.
Stamped in a blue rectangular grid on verso center:
LIFE MAGAZINE / LIFE PHOTO BY / GREY VILLET / CREDIT / TAKE NO. DATE / 9/28/55 / SET NO. 46114 / STORY & LOCATION / WORLD SERIES 1st take / Yankees vs. Dodgers at Yankee Stadium / DEPT. / NO. OF PRINTS / 25 / BLACK & WHITE FILM / 35 mm / 8 ...
Stamped in red, verso center: USED IN LIFE OCT 10 1955

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