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"The Young Tennis Player" (also known as "Eighteen Summers")

Paul Sieffert (French, 1874-1957)1924

International Tennis Hall of Fame

International Tennis Hall of Fame
Newport, United States

Framed oil on canvas portrait painting of a girl kneeling in grass with a racquet in her hand. She is wearing a blue, brown, white, orange and tan short-sleeved dress, a wide-brimmed hat, and a wrist watch on her left arm. Two boys in white shirts and dark shorts are in the background.

An artist known primarily for his paintings of nudes, Sieffert was also a talented portraitist who worked in both his native France and in Germany.

Details

  • Title: "The Young Tennis Player" (also known as "Eighteen Summers")
  • Creator: Paul Sieffert (French, 1874-1957)
  • Date Created: 1924
  • Location Created: France
  • Physical Dimensions: (h) 66.67 cm x (w) 73.02 cm
  • Provenance: ITHF&M Acquisition, 2002
  • Type: Painting
  • Rights: © International Tennis Hall of Fame
  • Medium: Oil on canvas
  • Art Genre: Portraiture
  • Depicted Topic: Tennis

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