The Babe-Ruth/Homes of the Infamous

Work on Paper

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DePaul Art Museum

Name/Title

The Babe-Ruth/Homes of the Infamous

Entry/Object ID

2016.51

Description

Two pieces (one composed of Babe Ruth stamps, the other composed of "Homes of the Infamous") stamps held together by black tape.

Artwork Details

Medium

mixed media

Acquisition

Accession

2016.14-125

Source or Donor

Chuck Thurow

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Collection of DePaul Art Museum, Gift of Chuck Thurow

Made/Created

Artist

Hernandez de Luna, Michael

Date made

1999

Lexicon

Getty AAT

Concept

mail art, visual works (works), artistamps, stamps (exchange media), exchange media (objects), popular culture, culture-related concepts, appropriation (imagery)

Hierarchy Name

Visual Works (hierarchy name), Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Exchange Media (hierarchy name), Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)

Facet

Objects Facet, Associated Concepts Facet

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Baseball players

Dimensions

Dimension Description

overall

Width

8 in

Length

7 in