Nat Fein
Babe Ruth Bows Out

Babe Ruth Bows Out
Babe Ruth Bows Out
Babe Ruth Bows Out
ArtistAmerican, 1914–2000
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Babe Ruth Bows Out
DateJune 13, 1948
PlaceUnited States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 10 1/16 × 12 7/8 in. (25.6 × 32.7 cm)
 Sheet: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Alfred C. Glassell, III in honor of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. at "One Great Night in November, 1995"
Object number95.277
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[John Cleary Gallery, Houston]; purchased by MFAH, 1995.
Exhibition History"The Sports Show," Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, February 19–May 13, 2012.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
The photograph is signed in pencil, verso: "88/500 Nat Fein".

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