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Artist
Rhoda Sherbell, born 1938
Foundry
Elliot Gantz & Co. Inc.
Sitter
Yogi Berra, 12 May 1925 - 22 Sep 2015
Date
2000 cast after 1973 original
Type
Sculpture
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
With Base: 40.6 x 50.2 x 29.2cm (16 x 19 3/4 x 11 1/2")
Without Base: 33.3 x 50.2 x 29.2cm (13 1/8 x 19 3/4 x 11 1/2")
Base: 35.6 x 22.9cm (14 x 9")
Topic
Costume\Headgear\Hat
Yogi Berra: Male
Yogi Berra: Sports and Recreation\Athlete\Baseball
Yogi Berra: Sports and Recreation\Team manager\Baseball
Yogi Berra: Sports and Recreation\Coach\Baseball
Yogi Berra: Military and Intelligence\Navy
Yogi Berra: Presidential Medal of Freedom
Yogi Berra: Sports and Recreation\Athlete\Baseball\Catcher
Yogi Berra: Purple Heart
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Dr. Marc and Susan Weinstein
Hailed as the catcher who “stopped everything behind the plate and hit everything in front of it,” Yogi Berra was a standout performer on the New York Yankees’ roster through eighteen remarkable seasons of play (1946–63). His fielding and hitting helped propel the Bronx ball club to fourteen pennants and ten World Series championships, and earned him a place on the All-Star team for fifteen consecutive years. Berra’s self-effacing good humor made him one of baseball’s most endearing characters, and classic “Yogi-isms”—such as “It’s déjà vu all over again”—have become part of the nation’s vocabulary.
