Object Details
- Artist
- Henry Koerner, 1915 - 1991
- Sitter
- Robin Evan Roberts, 30 Sep 1926 - 6 May 2010
- Exhibition Label
- In 1950 the pitching heroics of right-hander Robin Roberts carried the Philadelphia Phillies to their first National League pennant in thirty-five years. Roberts was in his second full year in the majors when the usually lackluster Phillies made a strong bid for the league championship. But as the baseball season drew to a close, Philadelphia suddenly began to falter. With a pitching staff in disarray, it fell to Roberts to reverse the downward spiral. He started five times in the last eight days of the season and in the final game defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers in ten innings to clinch the pennant for the Phillies. In the years that followed, Roberts proved to be Philadelphia's mainstay. Posting six consecutive seasons of twenty or more victories (1950-55), Roberts's consistency and pinpoint control made him one of the era's best pitchers.
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Time magazine
- 1956
- Object number
- NPG.78.TC699
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Copyright
- © Henry Koerner
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Stretcher: 71.1 x 55.9 x 2.5cm (28 x 22 x 1")
- Frame: 79.1 x 63.8 x 5.1cm (31 1/8 x 25 1/8 x 2")
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- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- Exhibition
- Champions
- On View
- NPG, South Gallery 342 Mezzanine
- National Portrait Gallery
- Topic
- Costume\Headgear\Hat
- Nature & Environment\Plant\Tree
- Exterior\Sports arena\Baseball stadium
- Robin Evan Roberts: Male
- Robin Evan Roberts: Sports and Recreation\Coach
- Robin Evan Roberts: Sports and Recreation\Athlete\Baseball\Pitcher
- Robin Evan Roberts: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Executive\Investment
- Portrait
- Record ID
- npg_NPG.78.TC699
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4f3f9c1c4-49d9-4f3c-88c0-0889e48381b5
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