Merignargues (3 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 14 pages of lithographs, including a profile portrait of the French boxer, signed in pencil by the artist, 12 swiftly drawn studies of Georges Carpentier, and a portrait of a dog as a tailpiece. Grey pictorial wrappers, just slightly soiled. A very good copy. Signed by Author(s).

First edition. A grey soft cover folder, with a sketch and text to the front cover in black, with publisher details to the bottom edge. Blank verso. The soft covers are clean, but there is a split to the inside fold flap, which has been repaired with archival tape. Inside is a double leaf sheet, with a portrait of the head of Carpentier to the front cover, and the pencilled signature of the artist below. To the rear cover is a sketch of a of a dog. Inside this are a further twelve printed sketches of Carpentier. Teh sheets are all in very good condition, with a touch of darkening to the edges and a few light marks only. This work was created just before his seminal fight with Dempsey. Conforms to WorldCat / OCLC: 853272686. This cites only one library holding at the University of Texas. 32cm x 24cm. Georges Carpentier (1894-1975) made his professional boxing debut at the age of 14. Perhaps the greatest European fighter of all time, Carpentier competed in virtually every weight class. He first won the European welterweight championship in 1911, became European middleweight champion in 1912, and won the European light heavyweight and heavyweight titles in 1913. The advent of World War I interrupted Carpentier's boxing career. He served in the French military as an observation pilot and was decorated twice. Already popular, Carpentier was hailed as a true hero in France. In 1920, Carpentier went to the United States and became a favourite of American fans as well. He knocked out Battling Levinsky in four rounds in Jersey City to claim the world light heavyweight title. The next year, master promoter Tex Rickard paired Carpentier with Jack Dempsey for the heavyweight championship of the world. The fight, held on July 2, 1921, in Jersey City, New Jersey, was the first million-dollar gate in boxing history. Dempsey mauled Carpentier in the first three rounds before knocking him out in the fourth. A decade after his death, the Parisian sports arena in the 13th arrondissement was renamed the Halle Georges-Carpentier in his honour. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1991. Marcel Mérignargues (18841965). Alongside other work, he was a portraitist at the Musée Grévin in Paris. In addition to this work, he executed a bronze sculpture of the boxer. .

Paperback. Condition: good. . Includes profile portrait of the French boxer, signed in pencil by the artist, and 12 full-length studies of action poses, with a portrait of a dog as a tail-piece, lithographs.Georges Carpentier was known as "The Orchid Man" and fought in front of the world's first $1million dollar gate, against Jack Dempsey, in 1921, paper covers with light wear & chip at top of spine, a couple of small splashes to front cover, feint age toning to pages, no markings, all plates present, Professional booksellers since 1981.