Wrestling / Zybsko / Poland / Jeanjean / Sète - Lot 176

Wrestling / Zybsko / Poland / Jeanjean / Sète Marcel JEANJEAN (1893–1973) “Goodrich Flexible Tire, Master of the Road” Lithographed poster mounted on canvas, 1922 72 x 52 cm (signs of moisture) Advertising poster for a major tire brand from the Roaring Twenties, taken from its illustrated monthly calendar: April 1922. In the center of the tire is a portrait of Stanislas Zbyszko, the reigning world freestyle wrestling champion. Zbyszko (c. 1879–1967), born in Poland, a phenomenon standing 1.73 m tall and weighing 100 kg, toured the world from 1901 to 1934. He has been featured in films and literature, inducted into the Polish Hall of Fame, and ranked among the 100 greatest wrestlers of all time.