May 09 at 12:00 PM - Sale 2668 -

Sale 2668 - Lot 105

Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000

LIBIS (HERBERT BERTHOLD LIBISZEWSKI, 1897-1985)

LA RAQUETTE DARSONVAL. 1932.

24½x16¼ inches, 62¼x41¼ cm. Ateliers Artis, [Paris].
Condition B: extensive replaced losses in margins and corners; repaired tears, creases and darkening at edges; minor creases in image.

Around 1930, tennis rackets named after Henri Darsonval were manufactured by the Paris firm of Louvet & Darsonval. When professional tennis player and Sporting Club de Paris instructor Henri Darsonval transitioned from playing to teaching, one of his main students was Frenchman René Lacoste. Not only did Lacoste invent the first ball-throwing machine (to avoid needing Darsonval's coaching any further), and patent the first tubular steel tennis racket, but his longest-standing claim to fame may be his iconic Lacoste tennis shirt. Bearing the crocodile logo as an homage to his nickname, Lacoste polo shirts represented a transition to the modern tennis wardrobe.
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