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Margie Lawrence
Pete Alexander, HW Bush & Cool Papa Bell - Baseball Greats w/ a Former President

2011

About the Item

Grover Cleveland Alexander, nicknamed "Old Pete", was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He played from 1911 through 1930 for the Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs, and St. Louis Cardinals. He was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1938. Hall of Fame Induction 1938 George Herbert Walker Bush was an American politician and businessman who served as the 41st president of the United States from 1989 to 1993. James Thomas "Cool Papa" Bell was an American center fielder in Negro league baseball from 1922 to 1946. He is considered to have been one of the fastest men ever to play the game. Stories demonstrating Bell's speed are still widely circulated. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974. This artwork is framed in a simple black frame measuring 27 x 37 inches. Margie Lawrence Pete Alexander, H.W. Bush, Cool Papa Bell watercolor and acrylic on paper 26h x 36w in 66.04h x 91.44w cm MAL022 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 Wrap It Up, Gallery Victor Armendariz, 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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