Wrestling / Stone-throwing / Jacoby / Gavarni / Pons / Olymp - Lot 119

Wrestling / Stone-throwing / Jacoby / Gavarni / Pons / Olympic Games Three pieces, three fine signatures: a) "Throwing the Stone", lithograph after Paul Gavarni (1804-1866), reminding us of the role of the Scottish Games in the history of sport. Circa 1850 (?), 27.5 x 34 cm (small lack top left) b) "Les lutteurs antiques" after two-time Luxembourg Olympic champion Jean Jacoby (1891-1936) 55 x 40 cm c) Color plate from the Christmas issue of "La Vie au Grand Air": "Les champions de 1904". Alongside Mérignac, Jeffries, Thery, Walthour and Stern, Paul Pons, who has just won the Golden Belt. 33 x 48 cm (poor condition). By David Ossipovitch Widhopff (1867-1933), the great Odessa-born illustrator.