2007.184.1.91: Taking no notice of a troublesome right shoulder, New York Yankee star Mickey Mantle manages a "thumbs up" sign as he overlooks the Mayo Clinic from his hotel room here on January 17th. The champion slugger will undergo nearly a week of tests at the clinic to see if the shoulder can be fixed up. Before starting on the grueling series of examinations, Mantle remarked, "It isn't sore, but I can't throw with it."

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2007.184.1.91

People

Gordon W. Gahan, American (New York, New York 1945 - 1984 St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands)

Title

Taking no notice of a troublesome right shoulder, New York Yankee star Mickey Mantle manages a "thumbs up" sign as he overlooks the Mayo Clinic from his hotel room here on January 17th. The champion slugger will undergo nearly a week of tests at the clinic to see if the shoulder can be fixed up. Before starting on the grueling series of examinations, Mantle remarked, "It isn't sore, but I can't throw with it."

Classification

Photographs

Work Type

photograph

Date

January 1966

Places

Creation Place: North America, United States, Minnesota

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/321476

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

image: 27.1 x 34.9 cm (10 11/16 x 13 3/4 in.)
sheet: 28 x 35.4 cm (11 x 13 15/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Barbara Robinson

Accession Year

2007

Object Number

2007.184.1.91

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Subjects and Contexts

• Gordon Ward Gahan Collection

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