2024 January Golf Memorabilia Auction - Closing Date - 2/4/2024
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/5/2024
Walter Hagen Signed Original 16x20 George Pietzcker Photo
Shot by George Pietzcker is this magnificent, thick, massive Walter Hagen posed full-body photo topped off with The Haig's own signature in the top left-hand corner. The man known for having a taste for the finer things in life and style second-to-none shows that off donning a jacket with a pocket square over his sweater-shirt and tie layering finished off with show-stopping white pinstripe pants and two-tone shoes. A cigarette in his hand, from a time when that to was cool and en vogue. "To 'Bill' Swartz a very old friend and a great fellow - Golfingly" the flowing ink from Hagen's hand reads in the work's upper left-hand corner. Bill Schwartz played in Jones' 1934 (T18) and 1935 Masters Tournaments then referred to as The Augusta National Invitation Tournament, along with the 1933 and 1934 US Open. The consignor's relation to Schwartz stays within the game, as her father took lessons from Bill. The photographer in which captured the full body posed shot of the great Walter Hagen who retired with a then record 11 major championships was also the best in his respective field, George Pietzcker. Pietzcker was to golf as Charles Conlon was to baseball. This prized Pietzcker photo measures a massive 15 7/8" x 19 7/8." Crystal clear is this image believed to be captured circa 1930. Piercing eyes, Hagen's chin has a single chin line edit from the swipe of an enhancing brush for definition.
The highly acclaimed camera eye which captured this still was George Pietzcker, the preeminent golf photographer from St. Louis, who covered the game from the early 1910's until the mid 1930's. During this period he was the official photographer for the United States Golf Association (USGA) creating a visual record of the country's national championships and champions. This incredible large format photograph carries the stylized Pietzcker white ink trademark in the bottom right corner with matching white handwritten font with the centered 'Walter Hagen.' James Spence Authentication (JSA) has reviewed this signature and their full letter of authenticity #YY72950 comes with this lot.
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