PROLOGUE

ORIGINAL

14 × 11 IN

Charcoal on Paper · Framed

$2,800

Available

ABOUT THIS WORK

Before Babe Ruth became inseparable from the Yankees and one of the defining figures in baseball history, his story began in Boston. Prologue portrays a young Ruth in his Red Sox uniform, before the records, mythology and larger-than-life identity that would come to define him. Rendered in charcoal, the portrait looks back at the player before the legend—and at the opening chapter of a story that would reshape the game.

SURFACE DETAIL

Prologue - detail of charcoal portrait of a young Babe Ruth in his Boston Red Sox uniform before his legendary Yankees career by Jacob Secrest.

IN SITU

Interior visualization

BEYOND THE CANVAS

There’s more to the story.

THE STORY

The story of Babe Ruth.

Explore the transformation of an extraordinary pitcher into the figure who changed baseball—and became one of the most enduring icons in American sport.

MAKING OF

Inside the creation of Prologue.

Watch the drawing develop from its earliest marks through the layered charcoal of the finished work.

ACQUISITION

Available for acquisition

Private viewing by appointment.

Carefully packaged and insured shipping available; quoted separately based on destination.

Presented framed and ready to display.

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