{"product_id":"2026-contemporary-poster-tribute-to-jackie-robinson-by-sebastien-lepine","title":"2026 Contemporary Poster - Tribute to Jackie Robinson by Sébastien Lepine","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate: \u003c\/strong\u003e2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize: \u003c\/strong\u003e26 x 40 inches\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist : \u003c\/strong\u003eSébastien Lepine\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Poster : \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis Contemporary piece is part of Canadian artist Sébastien Lepine's \"Ode de Montreal\" series. It highlights the baseball player Jackie Robinson, who played for the Montreal Royals in 1946, wearing the number 9 jersey. The next year, Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers, subsequently becoming the first black man to enter a Major League Baseball team, and ending 6 decades of racial segregation within the sport. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1946, post-WW2, both Robinson and The city were blooming towards new horizons. In this piece,\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSébastien Lepine pays a double homage to the player and to the city at a critical moment in both their histories.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Artist: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSébastien Lépine is a multi-media artist, designer, and artistic director based in Montreal. His creative pursuits span different mediums including poster art, album artwork, movie posters, video projections for live shows, and music video clips.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe has been working as an independent artist since graduating from the graphic design program at Université du Quebec à Montreal in 2000.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLépine’s poster art is characterized by the use of a technique evocative of photomontage: he overlays images and text, creating a striking interplay of transparencies and negative space. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis silkscreen poster was hand-printed by the artist himself. It is signed, numbered, and in excellent condition. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sebastien Lepine","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47723737448660,"sku":"SL094","price":200.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0056\/7532\/files\/SL094_1.jpg?v=1774539321","url":"https:\/\/www.laffichiste.com\/products\/2026-contemporary-poster-tribute-to-jackie-robinson-by-sebastien-lepine","provider":"L'Affichiste","version":"1.0","type":"link"}