Johnny Evers Mosaic, Centerpiece of the Chicago Cubs Triptych

Johnny Evers Mosaic Portrait, 2006
vitreous glass mosaic, steel frame.
48″ H x 60″ W x 1.5″ D
Commission

This portrait of Johnny Evers is the centerpiece of a triptych commemorating “Baseball’s Sad Lexicon,” also known as “Tinker to Evers to Chance.”

Below are a few pictures from the installation of the piece. The first shows baseball club owner Tony Racky admiring his new mosaic. You can see the mosaic is pretty much life-size. The next pic shows the mosaic on the wall of the Baseball Club with Tony and Gil to give a sense of scale, and then a shot of all three mosaics installed with the Chicago skyline in the distance.

Tinker to Evers to Chance: A Tribute to the Chicago Cubs

Here is the full triptych.

Here are the baseball cards the mosaics were based on (circa 1910-11 found at the Library of Congress’ Special Collections website). The cards all shared the orange sky, but since the project was done in stages over a period of a few years, I gave the smaller panels blue skies to avoid confusing people. On the final piece I went with the orange, which I really like. The contrast between the blue and orange works really well.