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2021 ADC Awards - Illustration

DOWN THE LINE

Agency THE JKBN GROUP, LLC. / Los Angeles + Kadir Nelson

Client THE JKBN GROUP, LLC

Category

Wildcard / Single

Annual ID

ADC_ILT21_010G

About the Work

Celebrated artist Kadir Nelson commemorates the centennial year of the founding of the Negro Baseball Leagues with his epic masterpiece, “Down the Line,” a heroic original painting imbued with drama and suspense. Nelson celebrates the inaugural seasons of the Negro National Baseball League and the Southern Negro League, both founded in 1920, with a dramatic painting of an historic contest between the Birmingham Black Barons and the Montgomery Greys.

2021 Awards

Total Points: 45

Credits

Client / Brand

THE JKBN GROUP, LLC. / Los Angeles

Freelancer

Kadir Nelson

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