Design for New Mexico Baseball Team Uniform
Datec. 1925
Artist
John Sloan
(American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1871–1951)
MediumWatercolor and graphite on paper
Dimensionssheet: 10 13/16 × 8 5/16 in. (27.5 × 21.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 2000
Object number2000-322
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextLike the state flag of New Mexico (designed in 1920 and introduced in 1925), Sloan's proposed baseball uniform reflects the Pueblo and Spanish colonial roots of the state. The design on the back of the player's matador-style vest is based on the Zia symbol for the sun.
