1991 Roland-Garros Championships

To celebrate the centennial of the French championships, the tournament committee chose to use an artist of international renown whose life paralleled that of the event. The poster design posthumously used an image by Surrealist artist Joan Miró. Miró had a long relationship with Galerie Lelong. He had declined an offer to design the 1982 poster since he was already commissioned to design for the World Soccer Cup that same year. However, an artwork he created in 1981 evoked “tennis” to Jean Frémon-Lelong. In 1991, Miró’s heirs approved the use of The Street Singer, with its central yellow sphere evoking the frenetic movement of a tennis ball on court to honor the 100th Anniversary.