Portrait photograph of Althea Gibson
$1,000 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller
Gelatin silver print. Half-length, seated in semi-profile, with flowers in her lap. 1 vols. 33 x 23.5 cm. 13 x 9-1/4 inches . Atelier stamp lower right, with pencilled notations on verso giving the subject of the photograph, the date, and the Van Vechten’s reference number “vii-qq-6” . Matted. From the Estate of Saul Mauriber. Item #257477 Fine image of the tennis champion who broke the color barrier in lawn tennis, and won both the U.S.
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