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Does Anyone Know?
Who the artist who painted the 1953 Topps set.
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I believe many of them were painted by Gerry Dvorak.
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right on....
"Topps went to the expense of paying artist Gerry Dvorak $25 per card to sketch and paint the players. Although the 1953 Topps Baseball card set contains some attractive action shots, the set is primarily noted for its carefully drawn expressions, which are chronicled on the headshots shown on the cards."
mike PS It still boggles my mind how one guy (it appears he did them all) painted the entire set under what would have been a very tight deadline. Incredible! Last edited by vthobby; 12-16-2014 at 06:50 AM. |
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The sheer quantity of that job boggles the mind, but when you add in the time constraint, it's truly amazing!
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Dvorak
Raymond,
I seem to remember either at a Philly show or maybe an older National in Chicago maybe 20 years ago or so, Gerry Dvorak was set up at a table signing prints. I ended up getting a Mantle signed by him but for the life of me, can't remember what I did with it! I may have to do some digging around. Your prints may have come from those shows? take care, mike |
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I found his obit - dated 9.10/99 at age 85- it said he painted 'many' of the players in the 1953 set. I know he painted the Mantle, but I wonder which ones were his work - I can see a difference between, say Jackie Robinson and Luke Easter - and I think the Easter painting is much better. Anyone have a favorite? I like the Al Rosen card.
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