[Mandel, Mike. (b. 1950)] Cunningham, Imogen. (1883–1976) & Adams, Ansel. (1902–1984) & Welpott, Jack. (1923–2007) &Newhall, Beaumont. (1908–1993) & Mann, Margery. & Dater, Judy. (b. 1941)
Group of Six SIGNED Photographer Baseball Cards
Group of six 1975 trading cards from the American conceptual artist and photographer Mike Mandel, each depicting a well-known photographer posing in baseball garb and printed with amusing stats on the verso, and each signed by the subject: Ansel Adams, Margery Mann, Judy Dater, Imogen Cunningham, Beaumont Newhall, and Jack Welpott. Offset lithograph. A few small creases to the margins, a few small stains along the edges of Margery Mann, Imogen Cunningham, and Ansel Adams, not affecting the images; moderate toning noticeable to the reverse of most. Overall fine. Each 2.5 x 3.25 inches (6.3 x 8.9 cm).Mike Mandel (born 1950) is an American conceptual artist and photographer whose work "questions the meaning of photographic imagery within popular culture and draws from snapshots, advertising, news photographs, and public and corporate archives." Most of the publications Mandel has been involved with have been self-published: his own, his early conceptual collaborations with Larry Sultan, and his later collaborations with Chantal Zakari.
In 1974 Mandel and Alison Woolpert traveled across America, making portraits in the style of baseball cards of 134 photographers and curators. These included Ansel Adams, Imogen Cunningham, Harry Callahan, Minor White, Aaron Siskind, William Eggleston, Ed Ruscha, and John Szarkowski. They also collected personal statistics and comments. Mandel then created a set of baseball cards and sold them through museums and galleries, in packs of 10, at a dollar a pack. (17489)
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