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5.50" x 8.00"
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7.50" x 10.00"
Portrait of Jackie Robinson Poster
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Portrait of Jackie Robinson poster by Sylvia Castellanos. Our posters are produced on acid-free papers using archival inks to guarantee that they last a lifetime without fading or loss of color. All posters include a 1" white border around the image to allow for future framing and matting, if desired.
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At a time when baseball was segregated and Blacks were relegated to play in the so-called Negro Leagues, Jackie Robinson was chosen to break the... more
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At a time when baseball was segregated and Blacks were relegated to play in the so-called Negro Leagues, Jackie Robinson was chosen to break the color barrier. This and his brilliant playing for the Dodgers made him a baseball legend.
About Sylvia Castellanos
.Artist Sylvia Castellanos, who emigrated to the United States from her native Cuba as a child, has executed hundreds of portraits and figurative works of everyone from Washington dignitaries to Central American campesinos.. While her portraiture covers a broad range of subject matter and moods, its emphasis is consistently on capturing the individual’s spirit in a nuanced, sensitive way. After earning a graduate degree from Princeton University, she moved to Washington, D.C. in the early seventies. For the remainder of the decade she combined holding a prestigious position in the Senate with doing commissioned portraits for clients prominent on Capitol Hill. Her move in 1980 to Guatemala City, Guatemala started a...
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