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AARON DOUGLAS (1899 - 1979)
Ebbets Field
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Watercolor on wove paper, 1950. 254x356 mm; 10x14 inches. Signed and dated in pencil, lower
right.
Provenance: acquired directly from the artist; Mr. and Mrs. Louis Daniels, Nashville,TN.
Exhibited:
Aaron Douglas: A Private View Selections from the Daniels Collection
, Frist Center for the
Visual Arts, Nashville,TN, October 24, 2003 - February 1, 2004; Berry-Hill Gallery, NewYork.
This watercolor is a wonderful view of the stands at Ebbets Field, home to the Brooklyn Dodgers,
in Flatbush, Brooklyn.Three years earlier, Jackie Robinson had broken the color barrier in baseball
here with his major league debut. In 1950, Jackie Robinson led the National League in double
plays, and a film biography,
The Jackie Robinson Story
, in which Robinson played himself, was released.
[10,000/15,000]
