Seven Champion Divers in LA — Photo Reproduction
$125
Description
Striking black-and-white photograph showing seven champion divers suspended in midair beside the diving platforms at the Olympic Swimming Stadium in Los Angeles. The archival image is identified as “Seven Champion Divers In LA” and dates to June 1937, when the athletes were preparing to participate in the National Aquatic Show.
Specifications
- Maker / Artist
- Unknown photographer
- Origin & Era
- June 1937 image; later reproduction print
- Style / Period
- Modernist Photography / 1937 Image, Later Print
- Materials
- Photographic reproduction on paper; white mat; white wood/composite frame; glazing
- Finish
- Black / white / warm gray; white frame and mat
- Condition
- Very Good
- Marks
- Archival image identified as “Seven Champion Divers In LA,” Underwood Archives. Los Angeles, June 1937; National Aquatic Show at the Olympic Swimming Stadium. Photographer not identified. No signature, edition number or producer label visible on current framed example. Identification confirmed 2026-09-22 against Alamy image 2RBFKRJ, captioned Los Angeles, California: June, 1937 - champion divers preparing to participate in the National Aquatic Show at the Olympic Swimming Stadium. An earlier attribution to Leni Riefenstahl was incorrect: the photograph shows seven different people, including two women in one-piece suits, not a multiple-exposure montage of one diver.
- Reference
- PHO-0004
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