Les Stoefen
Date1935
Artist
Art Krenz
(American sports cartoonist, active 1930s)
Illustration CitationDate and place of publication not identified. Possibly unpublished.
MediumInk, crayon, and gouache on paper
Dimensionssheet: 19 1/4 × 17 9/16 in. (48.9 × 44.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1987
Object number1987-90
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextLes Stoefen was an American tennis player of the 1930s. Playing with George Lott, he won doubles titles at the U.S. National Championships in 1933 and 1934 and at Wimbledon in 1934. In November 1935, perhaps as a joke or a publicity stunt, Stoefen announced his intention to try professional boxing, an unlikely choice for the tall, slender tennis star.
