Suzanne Lenglen training, Nice, May 1921

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JACQUES HENRI LARTIGUE
Suzanne Lenglen training, Nice, May 1921
gelatin silver print
initialled with sunburst insignia, captioned 'Suzanne Lenglen', dated 'tirage 1921' and annotated 'double'(overscored) by Lartigue, credit reproduction limitation stamps, numbered '5192-JHL' in another hand in pencil/ink on verso
3 3/8 x 6¾in. (8.5 x 17cm.)

Provenance

From the artist;
by descent to his wife Florette (1921-2000);
acquired by the present owner, 1996.

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Lot Essay

The first international female tennis star Suzanne Lenglen is frozen in mid-action as she leaps forward, her legs off the ground and in opposite directions. Her unconventional dress cut just above the calf reveals her legs; her short sleeves bare her arms and the bracelet worn above her left elbow. The sharp diagonal of her outstretched arm points to the blurry shape of a tennis ball. It is May of 1921 in Nice and Lenglen, the multiple Wimbledon champion, is training for her next match.

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