Tennis / Caricatures - Lot 234

Tennis / Caricatures 2 original caricatures of tennis players, including: André CAZA (1911–2003) Yvon Petra, the “Giant of the Courts” Ink and gouache on Canson paper, titled, signed, and dated “44” in the lower right corner 45.5 x 32 cm (signs of moisture) A meeting of two extraordinary figures: Yvon Petra, a towering tennis player (1.96 m), winner of Wimbledon in 1946, and André Cazaumayou, known as Caza, whose caricatures and lighthearted sketches brightened the front pages of *L’Auto* and later *L’Équipe*, including its first issue of 1946. A champion skier and diver, this sports-loving cartoonist sketches a Petra who is tall and pale as a ghost, yet endowed with a fine serve BARTAK The Anonymous Champion (perhaps Jean Borotra) Watercolor, ink, and gouache on paper, signed, dated 1935, and located in Biarritz in the lower right corner 29.5 x 39 cm (visible area) With his large head, wearing pants and a jacket, his hand resting on a ruffled net, this player intrigues.