[Rarebooks] FS: Lovely Carl Van Vechten Photograph of African-American tennis star Althea Gibson, price greatly reduced

[Charles Agvent]

Price reduced:     Was $1250,      Now $850

[GIBSON, Althea] VAN VECHTEN, Carl. PHOTOGRAPH of ALTHEA GIBSON. Fine 
7-5/8" x 9-7/8" photographic portrait by Carl Van Vechten of the 
African-American tennis star and sports pioneer Althea Gibson. With Van 
Vechten's blindstamp in the lower right corner and ink stamp on the 
verso. Additionally in Van Vechten's hand on the verso is Gibson's name, 
the date, and his identification code. Althea Gibson, the first black 
person to compete in U.S. Lawn Tennis Association tournaments, broke the 
racial barrier in tennis in 1950 at Forest Hills and a year later became 
the first African American invited to Wimbledon, winning both the 
women's singles and doubles there in 1957 and 1958. She died in 2003. 
Several photographs by Van Vechten showing Gibson in tennis gear are in 
the Library of Congress. This is an unusal pose showing her in a formal 
dress wearing long white gloves and holding a bouquet of flowers. 
Beautiful image of the black tennis star in Fine condition. (#012904)    
     $850.00

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