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CHRISTY MATHEWSON PAINTING
AN ORIGINAL PAINTING IN COLORED PENCIL AND WASH OF CHRISTY MATHEWSON BY MICHAEL MELLETT. THE PAINTING MEASURES 19 X 19 INCHES AND PICTURES MATHEWSON IN THIS CHARCOAL BLACK UNIFORM WORN BY THE 1905 NEW YORK GIANTS IN THE WORLD SERIES (THE ONLY TIME THIS STYLE UNIFORMWAS WORN). MR. MELLETT RESEARCHES EACH OF HIS SUBJECTS CAREFULLY AND REPRODUCES UNIFORMS, MOVEMENTS, POSES, EQUIPMENT AND IN THIS CASE EVEN THE GRIP ON THE SCREWBALL TO TRUE SPECIFICATIONS. THE PAINTING IS ONE OF AN ANTICIPATED 150 TO 200 PAINTINGS OF THE GREATEST BASEBALL PLAYERS OF ALL TIME. DESIGNED TO COMPRISE THE SERIES "ON THE FIELD", APPROXIAMATELY 45 PAINTINGS AND SEVERAL LIMITED EDITION PRINTS FROM THE SERIES HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. THE LACK OF BACKGROUND IS DONE SPECIFICALLY TO ALLOW ONE TO "SEE" A PLAYER LIKE MATHEWSON IN ANY OF TODAYS STADIUMS. IT IS THIS CONCEPT WHICH ALLOWS MR. MELLETT TO VISUALLY PUT ALL OF THE GREATEST PLAYERS ON AN EQUAL FOOTING - "ON ONE FIELD". MR. MELLETT'S WORK HANGS IN THE PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME AND HAS APPEARED IN SPORT MAGAZINE. NO PUBLICATION OR REPRODUCTION RIGHTS ARE SOLD WITH THIS LOT. FRAMED BY THE ARTIST.
AN ORIGINAL PAINTING IN COLORED PENCIL AND WASH OF CHRISTY MATHEWSON BY MICHAEL MELLETT. THE PAINTING MEASURES 19 X 19 INCHES AND PICTURES MATHEWSON IN THIS CHARCOAL BLACK UNIFORM WORN BY THE 1905 NEW YORK GIANTS IN THE WORLD SERIES (THE ONLY TIME THIS STYLE UNIFORMWAS WORN). MR. MELLETT RESEARCHES EACH OF HIS SUBJECTS CAREFULLY AND REPRODUCES UNIFORMS, MOVEMENTS, POSES, EQUIPMENT AND IN THIS CASE EVEN THE GRIP ON THE SCREWBALL TO TRUE SPECIFICATIONS. THE PAINTING IS ONE OF AN ANTICIPATED 150 TO 200 PAINTINGS OF THE GREATEST BASEBALL PLAYERS OF ALL TIME. DESIGNED TO COMPRISE THE SERIES "ON THE FIELD", APPROXIAMATELY 45 PAINTINGS AND SEVERAL LIMITED EDITION PRINTS FROM THE SERIES HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. THE LACK OF BACKGROUND IS DONE SPECIFICALLY TO ALLOW ONE TO "SEE" A PLAYER LIKE MATHEWSON IN ANY OF TODAYS STADIUMS. IT IS THIS CONCEPT WHICH ALLOWS MR. MELLETT TO VISUALLY PUT ALL OF THE GREATEST PLAYERS ON AN EQUAL FOOTING - "ON ONE FIELD". MR. MELLETT'S WORK HANGS IN THE PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME AND HAS APPEARED IN SPORT MAGAZINE. NO PUBLICATION OR REPRODUCTION RIGHTS ARE SOLD WITH THIS LOT. FRAMED BY THE ARTIST.