Philadelphia Museum Fetes Phillies’ World Series Victory With Free Baseballs

By ARTINFO

Published: October 31, 2008

Pablo Picasso Jasper Johns Alberto Giacometti Henri Matisse Ellsworth Kelly Jeff Wall Charles Demuth Brice Marden

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PHILADELPHIA— In celebration of the Philadelphia Phillies’ long-awaited World Series victory this week, the Philadelphia Museum of Art is giving away its own signature baseballs to the first 100 museum members and the first 100 general visitors to purchase tickets for its upcoming blockbuster exhibition, “Cezanne and Beyond.”

Tickets for the exhibition, which is on view February 26 through May 17, 2009, go on sale to members tomorrow and to the general public on November 15. The lucky 200 winners will receive one of two different baseballs: “Philly Allstars” features autographs from such local heroes as Thomas Eakins, Mary Cassatt, and Benjamin Franklin, while “Artists Allstars” includes those of Henri Rousseau, Leonardo da Vinci, Claude Monet, and Benjamin West, among others.

“With the Phillies’ fantastic victory and a landmark all star exhibition opening in Philadelphia in a few months, we decided to give away the Philly All Star and All Star Artists baseballs from the Museum Store,” said Gail Harrity, interim CEO of the museum. “Of course, we’d also love to induct the entire Phillies team into the museum collection. The museum is a hall of fame for artists, and there’s no question that the Phillies are Philadelphia treasures.”

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The exhibition will feature 150 works: 60 by Cezanne and 90 by 16 artists the master inspired: Max Beckmann, Georges Braque, Charles Demuth, Alberto Giacometti, Arshile Gorky, Marsden Hartley, Jasper Johns, Ellsworth Kelly, Fernand Léger, Brice Marden, Henri Matisse, Piet Mondrian, Giorgio Morandi, Pablo Picasso, Liubov Popova, and Jeff Wall.