Oct 25, 2016 - Sale 2426

Sale 2426 - Lot 331

Unsold
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(OLYMPIC SWIMMERS)
A pair of photographs depicting Frances Cowells Schroth, Ethelda Bleibtrey, and Irene Guest, 1920 Antwerp Olympic medalists in swimming.
The photographs by Francis Scott Clark. Silver prints, the images measuring 9 1/8x6 5/8 and 8 1/2x6 inches (23.2x16.8 and 21.6x15.2 cm.), the sheets 13 1/2x10 inches (34.3x25.4 cm.), each with Clark's signature and date, in pencil, on recto; each tipped into a monogrammed folder with a protective paper overlay. 1920

Additional Details

The first photograph showing Schroth alone, wearing her distinctive striped swimming cap, in a crouched diving pose. The second image showing Cowells, Bleibtrey, and Guest posing together.