Maurice Herzog (High Commissioner for Youth and Sports) in a - Lot 134

Maurice Herzog (High Commissioner for Youth and Sports) in a restaurant on the Champs-Elysées, answering questions from sports journalists. Silver print, February 3, 1959 Stamped on the back by A.D.P. (Agence diffusion presse), with a typescript caption partially pasted on the back on paper. Dimensions: 18 cm x 12.9 cm Sold as is, slight folds to corners Note: This silver print, dated February 3, 1959, captures Maurice Herzog, then High Commissioner for Youth and Sports, during an exchange with sports journalists in a restaurant on the Champs-Élysées. The image, sober and elegant, bears witness to a moment of official communication at the heart of political and media life in the fledgling Fifth Republic. Maurice Herzog, hero of the Annapurna summit and a leading figure in French sport, embodies the meeting of political commitment and sporting culture. The Agence Diffusion Presse stamp and the handwritten caption on the back give this print all the authenticity of a period press photograph. Despite slight signs of use, this photograph retains a high documentary value and will appeal to collectors of 20th-century political and sports archives.