Introducing Georges Carpentier
1921
- Medium
- lithograph
- Dimensions
- 36.9 × 53.2 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-218082
Promoted as the “battle of the century,” the match between French pugilist Georges Carpentier and American Jack Dempsey took place on July 2, 1921, in Jersey City at an enormous outdoor arena built specifically for the bout. With the First World War fresh in mind, the crowd favored Carpentier, a twice-decorated pilot in the French Air Force, over Dempsey, who was viewed as a draft evader despite having been exonerated of the charge by a jury the previous year. The match ended quickly with a knockout by Dempsey in the fourth round. The event attracted more than 80,000 spectators and generated …
Provenance
Hanna Jr., 1936.651
Registry history
- 1921 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art — prints
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