Artist
Mike Mandel (American, born 1950)American, born 1950
CultureAmerican
Titles
- The Baseball-Photographer Trading Cards
Date1973–1974, published 1975
MediumOffset lithographs
DimensionsImage (each): 3 3/16 × 3 3/16 in. (8.1 × 8.1 cm)
Credit LineBarbara Levine and Paige Ramey Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2020.137.130.1-.36
Not on view
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
In the early 1970s, Mike Mandel photographed
prominent photographers and photography historians, curators, and critics as
baseball players. Each subject was asked to fill out a statistical sheet, like
those that appear on the back of traditional baseball cards. Their answers,
often humorous, reflect both their knowledge of baseball as well as their
perception of themselves in the world of photo “all-stars.”
ProvenanceBarbara Levine and Paige Ramey; purchased by MFAH, 2020.
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Mike Mandel
1973–1974, published 1975
Offset lithographs
76.287.1-.134