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SIGNED BY RIEFENSTAHL RIEFENSTAHL, LENI (1902-2003) A presentation folio with a sequence of 10 photographs relating to the Olympic diver Marjorie Gestring at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Includes elegant images of Gestring in the air mid-dive, as well as the young Gold medalist before and after her successful dives. Also includes a dramatically-lit image of the diving platform, the arena and pool from above, and the turbulant water as she meets the surface. Silver prints, sizes ranging from 8 5/8x6 3/4 to 11x8 3/4 inches (21.9x17.1 to 27.9x22.2 cm.), and the reverse, each mounted to a gray card and then to the album pages on the right side only. Small folio-sized album with plain flexible paper covers and a tie cord binding threaded through three holes, soiled; with Riefenstahl's signature and inscription, in ink, to Gestring on the first page, dated 1937. 1936
Gifted to Marjorie Claire Gestring; by descent to the present owner. At just 13 years old Gestring (1922-1992) competed for the United States in the 1936 Olympic games held in Berlin, winning a gold medal in the springboard diving competition. There, she was photographed by Leni Riefenstahl, who captured the young and gracefully grinning diver in images that are both tender and cinematic.
Gestring still holds the record for being the youngest gold medal winner in individual competition in modern day Olympics. Gestring graduated from Stanford University where she was inducted to their Athletic Hall of Fame. She was also inducted to the International Swimming Hall of Fame in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
