Boxing / Al Brown / Déro / Panama / Arroyo / Baker - Lot 17

Boxing / Al Brown / Déro / Panama / Arroyo / Baker Robert Décremps, alias DÉRO (1920-2000) Panama Al Brown cartoon India ink on paper, signed, captioned 50 x 39 cm Original illustration for Pierre Cangioni's "La Fabuleuse Histoire de la Boxe" (1977). Panama Al Brown (1902-1951), a gaunt, vine-like pugilist from Panama, made his fortune in Paris. He was unrivalled in the cockerel category. Between 1922 and 1942, he fought 160 bouts and scored 129 victories, including several world titles, and epic encounters with Young Perez, Criqui, Routis, Huat and Pladner. Cocteau put him back in the saddle, but the artist was very fragile and poorly supported. He died in distress in 1951.