Object Details
- Artist
- Rhoda Sherbell, born 1938
- Foundry
- Elliot Gantz & Co. Inc.
- Sitter
- Yogi Berra, 12 May 1925 - 22 Sep 2015
- Exhibition Label
- Born St. Louis, Missouri
- Hailed as the catcher who “stopped everything behind the plate and hit everything in front of it,” Yogi Berra was a standout performer on the New York Yankees’ roster through eighteen remarkable seasons of play (1946–63). His fielding and hitting helped propel the Bronx ball club to fourteen pennants and ten World Series championships, and earned him a place on the All-Star team for fifteen consecutive years. Berra’s self-effacing good humor made him one of baseball’s most endearing characters, and classic “Yogi-isms”—such as “It’s déjà vu all over again”—have become part of the nation’s vocabulary.
- Provenance
- Dr. Marc and Susan Weinstein; gift to NPG 2000
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Dr. Marc and Susan Weinstein
- 1973 (cast 2000)
- Object number
- NPG.2000.57
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Copyright
- © Rhoda Sherbell
- retained; nel sent to artist
- Type
- Sculpture
- Medium
- Bronze
- Dimensions
- With Base: 40.6 x 50.2 x 29.2cm (16 x 19 3/4 x 11 1/2")
- Without Base: 33.3 x 50.2 x 29.2cm (13 1/8 x 19 3/4 x 11 1/2")
- Base: 35.6 x 22.9cm (14 x 9")
- See more items in
- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- Exhibition
- NPG Mezzanine: 20th and 21st Century Americans
- On View
- NPG, South Gallery 342 Mezzanine
- National Portrait Gallery
- Topic
- Costume\Headgear\Hat
- Yogi Berra: Male
- Yogi Berra: Sports\Athlete\Baseball
- Yogi Berra: Sports\Team manager\Baseball
- Yogi Berra: Sports\Coach\Baseball
- Yogi Berra: Military and Intelligence\Navy
- Yogi Berra: Civilian awards\Presidential Medal of Freedom
- Yogi Berra: Sports\Athlete\Baseball\Catcher
- Yogi Berra: Military award\Purple Heart
- Portrait
- Record ID
- npg_NPG.2000.57
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4ce4f4e46-3a18-40be-8f50-7b8292e37e4a
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