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Margie Lawrence
Walter Johnson - Famed Washington Senators Baseball Player, Graphite on Paper

2013

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Walter Perry Johnson, nicknamed "Barney" and "The Big Train", was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played his entire 21-year baseball career in Major League Baseball as a right-handed pitcher for the Washington Senators from 1907 to 1927. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1936. This graphite drawing is framed in a simple black frame measuring 14.5 x 19 inches. Margie Lawrence Walter Johnson graphite on archival paper 11.50h x 16w in 29.21h x 40.64w cm MAL004 Margie Lawrence b. 1957, Chicago Education School of the Art Institute of Chicago – Illustration, Printmaking, Chicago, IL University of Wisconsin-Madison – Theatre, Madison, WI Drake University, BFA – Theatre, Des Moines, IA National Theatre Institute, Waterford CT Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford, England Exhibitions 2018 Baseball Art, Second Story Studios, Chicago, IL Baseball as Art, Cleveland County Arts Council, Shelby, NC Masterful Moxie – The Power of Art, Dank Haus, Chicago, IL Connections – Exploring the Ties that Bind, Open Walls, Chicago, IL 2017 Group Show, Bergino Baseball Clubhouse, New York, NY Baseball as Art, Cleveland Count Arts Council, Shelby, NC 2015 Group Show, Bergino Baseball Clubhouse, New York, NY Baseball as Art, Cleveland Count Arts Council, Shelby, NC 2014 All Stars of Baseball Art, The Mason Civic League Gallery, Hoboken, NJ Pine Tar Portraits & Other Notables, Firecat Projects, Chicago, IL 2013 Baseball Art Show, George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2012 Group Show, Bergino Baseball Clubhouse, New York, NY Baseball Art Show, George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco, CA Solo Show, Ten Cat, Chicago, IL 2011 Baseball Art Show, George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2000 Erotica Show, Jettsett Gallery/Ed Paschke, Chicago, IL Summer Show, Jettsett Gallery/Ed Paschke, Chicago, IL Solo Show, Ten Cat, Chicago, IL 1999 Baseball Art Show, Excalibur, Chicago, IL Museum Collections National Pastime Museum, San Francisco, CA Negro League Museum, Kansas City, MO Selected Publications From the Heartland, WLUW Radio Interview Rick Kogan, WGN Radio Interview Longtime Cubs Fan Turns Passion to Artwork, Tony Briscoe Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage interview “For the Love of the Game”, Sam Fryberger Jay Shefsky, WTTW Interview Someone You Should Know: Margie Lawrence, Harry Porterfield Turning the Other Cheek Margie Lawrence, Donald G Evans, Can’t Miss Press MLB Blog
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    2013
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    Height: 11.5 in (29.21 cm)Width: 16 in (40.64 cm)
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    Chicago, IL
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    Seller: MAL0041stDibs: LU554310135702
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