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Carlton Fisk

Carlton Fisk
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Artist
Susan Miller-Havens, born 20 Jun 1944
Sitter
Carlton Fisk, born 26 Dec 1947
Date
1993
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on cotton duck
Dimensions
Stretcher: 212.4 x 121.9 x 3.8cm (83 5/8 x 48 x 1 1/2")
Frame: 224.2 x 132.7 x 6.7cm (88 1/4 x 52 1/4 x 2 5/8")
Topic
Carlton Fisk: Male
Carlton Fisk: Sports and Recreation\Athlete\Baseball
Carlton Fisk: Baseball Hall of Fame
Portrait
Place
United States\Massachusetts\Middlesex\Cambridge
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Peter C. Aldrich, in memory of Duane C. Aldrich of Atlanta, Georgia
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Copyright
© 1993 Susan Miller-Havens
Object number
NPG.2000.59
Exhibition Label
Born Bellows Falls, Vermont
A tenacious competitor with an impressive work ethic, Carlton Fisk was one of major league baseball’s most capable and durable catchers. During twenty-four seasons in the American League (first with the Boston Red Sox and later with the Chicago White Sox), Fisk caught a record-setting 2,226 games and posted home-run tallies that ranked him among the top-hitting catchers of all time. Fisk’s accomplishments were all the more remarkable because he repeatedly overcame career-threatening injuries. In 1975, after battling back from reconstructive knee surgery and a broken arm, Fisk gave Red Sox fans a never-to-be-forgotten thrill in the sixth game of the World Series when he drilled a twelfth-inning home run to win the game. Fisk always demanded the best, not only of himself but also of his teammates. As he once observed, “You don’t play baseball.... You work at it.”
Provenance
The artist; Peter C. Aldrich, Cambridge, Mass.; gift 2000 to NPG
Data Source
National Portrait Gallery
Exhibition
Champions
On View
NPG, South Gallery 342 Mezzanine