Any info on 1980 poster/print of lady reporter in locker room?

Does anyone know who the artist was for this?
Is it a poster? A print? A comic?
Any information would be appreciated - maybe a news artist? (I remember when this first happened & the uproar!) - I see Donazo; but nothing comes up.

 

Donato is (was?) a political cartoonist for the Toronto Sun, though that doesn't much look like his usual stuff. (Maybe a different Donato.)

 

I think it is the same guy:

https://thesportgallery.ca/collections/toronto-blue-jays/products/nelsonlarianobyandydonato#

 

Definitely a Blue Jays cap and jersey.

 

Can anyone find this print? Or know it's name? (thanks sabre 123 !)

 

Yes. Same sig.

Debora

 

This is from 1980, so 40 years ago. Maybe relatively early work.

 

Pretty sure this is the story behind the art...

https://www.google.com/amp/s/benchedathletes.wordpress.com/2015/02/13/alison-gordon/amp/

The folks in the drawing are Alison Gordon and Rick Bosetti, I'm fairly certain.

 

maybe...maybe not?????

 

Maybe took artistic liberties with the reporter?

 

I don't think it's meant to represent any specific reporter or player -- it's just a sort of commentary (meant to be amusing) on the then new (shocking!) and discomfiting (to some) presence of (rare) female members of the sporting press being allowed into teams' dressing rooms / locker rooms. As a Toronto artist, Donato presumably added the Blue Jays details just because Toronto.

 

I would find it hard to believe this wasn't directly inspired by this reporter, and her experience being in the Toronto locker room. Everything lines up...including the time-frame of the reporters groundbreaking experience and the artist's signed work.

EDIT - Andy is still doing cartoons on a contract basis for the Toronto Sun - maybe you can figure out a way to contact him about your print? Looks like he is a member of the "Toronto West Artists Collaborative" - maybe you could reach out through their contact form...

https://www.twac.ca/portfolio-item/andy-donato/

https://www.twac.ca/contact-us/

There's also a contact page specifically for him here:

https://www.editorialcartoonists.com/cartoonists/donata/contact-me/

 

agreed, thanks, and yes it could be this exact incident of reporting.

 

I will do that - thank you all guys!