Set Reminder2023-02-25 12:00:002023-02-25 12:00:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : The Ricky Jay Collection https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/potter-potter/the-ricky-jay-collection-21935 This was Potter & Potter's first sale from the singular, eclectic collection of Ricky Jay, the lauded actor, celebrated sleight-of-hand magician, and noted author, who curated his own extensive collection of magic, circus, and showbiz ephemera.
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EISEN, Francois (after) (Belgian, 1695 - 1778). L?Escamoteuse. Paris: Buldet, ca. 1762. Engraving on laid paper depicting a female magician on whose table the Cups and Balls are set up, with an old crone pickpocket in the shadows, relieving the conjurer?s consort of his handkerchief. Lines of verse below title. Trimmed to 15 7/8 x 12?. Near fine. See Nevill, French Prints of the Eighteenth Century (1908), p. 136, and Exemplars, p. 213. Eisen, a famous Flemish genre painter, created a number of paintings focusing on love, beauty and deception. This image was engraved from Eisen?s original by Angelique Martinet (French, ca. 1731 1780). The verses below the image here deal with magic and coquetry.