Hey guys,
I just got this painting back from the photographers today:
Mickey Mantle, April 17, 1951, 20" x 46"
I was thinking and looking around for a proper title for the piece a while back, and finally came across something that worked. After reading the below excerpt from the NY Times the day after Mantle's first game (which this painting depicts), I realized that the title 'A Bewildered Bystander' was
perfect. Check it:
Those four paragraphs certainly say plenty about how intimidating it must have been for a 19-year old kid from a small mining town to become the heir-apparent to DiMaggio and the centerpiece of the legendary Yankees. And speaking of DiMaggio, I wonder if his mentioned actions were purposefully done. If so, they definitely speak volumes about that persona of the man that we're left with today. Yikes.
Anywho, I hope you dig the painting!!
Graig
04-09-2013, 12:30 PM
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