Babe Ruth

About this artwork

Photographers loved Ruth because he would pose doing anything they asked, no matter how unusual, like playing Santa Claus or holding a chimpanzee as if it were a child. He inspired artists too, especially caricaturists, who drew dozens of images of him accentuating his round face, wide, flat nose, barrellike torso, and svelte legs, which Ruth use to call his “pins.” Humorist Ring Lardner once quipped, “The Babe’s ankles are the envy of many a chorus gal.”