[Rarebooks] FS: Beautiful Carl Van Vechten Photograph of the Jackie Robinson of Tennis, price reduced
Charles Agvent
charles at charlesagvent.com
Wed Feb 8 17:06:00 EST 2017
Price reduced to $600 NET
[GIBSON, Althea] VAN VECHTEN, Carl. PHOTOGRAPH of ALTHEA GIBSON (The
Jackie Robinson of Tennis). 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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