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Robert Weaver: Raw Real Reportage

Robert Weaver: Raw Real Reportage

In 1962, illustrator Robert Weaver sketched baseball’s spring training like no other artist had before.

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Nov 07, 2022
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“View from the Segregated Section” by Robert Weaver from the D.B. Dowd Modern Graphic History Library, Washington University, St. Louis, Mo.

Illustrator Robert Weaver (1924-1994) was ahead of his time. Aware that magazine illustration in the 1950’s had become stilted and somewhat formulaic, Weaver brought a more socially engaged approach to his storytell…

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