Modern Monday - modern art in the Gallery

A few days ago I blogged about Topps Gallery cards from the 90s. Topps brought the range back in 2017. Today's card is the third card that Jeff, who writes Wax Pack Wonders, sent me in his blog giveaway, and it's from a more recent Topps Gallery release.

Card Number 362: Topps Gallery, 2019; #MP-21

This is from the 30-card Masterpiece insert series (one of 33 insert series in the range!)

Kevin Graham is the artist who painted these cards. (His website is currently undergoing maintenance, but he is also on Instagram.) He has also painted cards for Disney, Star Wars and Star Trek from the look of his Insta.

The card back has a short summary of Tony's career.

That summary has an unusual stat in it - about being one of only 19 players to have four 200-hit seasons before turning 30. Maybe Topps were looking for a way to shoehorn the number 19 into the card back. But if they were doing that, why didn't they allocate him the 19th card in the set? It feels like a missed opportunity.

Many, many thanks again to Jeff for sending me this. Check out his blog here.

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