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Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,000
DESIGNER UNKNOWN LES AVANTS / LAWN TENNIS IN SWITZERLAND. Circa 1904. 40x26 1/2 inches, 101 1/2x67 1/4 cm. Muller & Trub, Lausanne. Condition A / A-: minor abrasions in margins and image. Lawn Tennis at Home and Abroad, published by Charles Scribner's Sons in 1903, helped precipitate an interest in tennis from being a recreational pastime to becoming a tourist pursuit. Les Avants hosted the Swiss championship tennis tournament in 1904. On this poster the blank area would have been filled in with information about local tournaments and maybe court time. This is the English version.
