Untitled198356 1/2 x 25 1/4 x 5/8 " (143.5 x 64.1 x 1.6 cm)Paint and crayon on galvanized steelGift of Elizabeth Ross Johnson1985.35.210Full length portrait of a baseball player, possibly Jackie Robinson, painted on corrugated tin against a background of light blue. Figure appears to be running with R leg crooked at knee and R heel raised, holding a bat and hitting a baseball. Figure wearing white uniform with red stripes above ankle and at waist, and red cap. Face is in left profile with red lips and white eye with red center. Skin, shoes and bat are chocolate brown, hair is black. Painted in a schematic fashion with blue underpainting showing through top colors. Red paint above L ankle has dripped down. Light blue shading inside R leg, outside L leg. Shape of R leg narrowed with blue overpaint.152898986Sam DoylePaintingsupper center: 'SOLD'lower left: 'S.D.'Jackie RobinsonJackie RobinsonJackie RobinsonFrogmore, St. Helena IslandFrogmore, St. Helena IslandUnited StatesSouth CarolinaPaintingsAdam ReichFrogmore, St. Helena IslandportraitSam Doyle was born on an Island off the South Carolina mainland. St. Helena was traditionally a black island and was heavily populated by freed slaves and descendants of slaves. Their stories figure prominently in the imagery used by Sam Doyle, as well as islanders of Doyle's own acquaintance.reviewed by Art Bridges Fellow Austin Losada for the IMLS Neurodiversity Project 2026Object information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information.
To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.orgJackie RobinsonJackie RobinsonJackie RobinsonJackie Robinson19831983 1985 35 21 portraitSam Doyle was born on an Island off the South Carolina mainland. St. Helena was traditionally a black island and was heavily populated by freed slaves and descendants of slaves. Their stories figure prominently in the imagery used by Sam Doyle, as well as islanders of Doyle's own acquaintance.reviewed by Art Bridges Fellow Austin Losada for the IMLS Neurodiversity Project 2026Object information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information.
To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.org