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THBKellar, Harry (Heinrich Keller). Kellar the Great Magician.
Lot 73
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Feb 27, 2021
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Our first magic auction of 2021 will be the first of its kind for Potter & Potter: a closely-curated selection of rare and important magicana. Just over 100 lots will go on the block, but what the auction will lack in quantity it will more than make up for in quality. Prices Realized Potter & Potter Auctions info@potterauctions.com
Our first magic auction of 2021 will be the first of its kind for Potter & Potter: a closely-curated selection of rare and important magicana. Just over 100 lots will go on the block, but what the auction will lack in quantity it will more than make up for in quality. Prices Realized Potter & Potter Auctions info@potterauctions.com
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- Lot Description
Kellar, Harry (Heinrich Keller). Kellar the Great Magician. Cincinnati ? New York: Strobridge Litho. Co., 1894. Handsome half-length portrait of the famous American magician with two imps perched on his shoulders, text below the white tie and black coat he wears. Handsomely framed to 48 x 37 ??. Minor expert restoration to tear in margin; A-. Linen backed. A rare variant printing of this classic magic poster. While the origin of the ?imps on the shoulders? motif is not entirely clear ? was the concept developed by Kellar, by the artists he worked with at Strobridge, or by some combination of the two? ? there is no question that the final product was the first poster to use what has become a genre-setting trend popular even in modern times. Many examples of the classic ?imps portrait? in the smaller half-sheet size have survived the years, and remain popular with collectors. Fewer examples of the one-sheet version of the image exist, and even fewer still ? perhaps three or four - exist of the variant offered here, which uses a different combination of colors and lettering to create a perhaps subtler effect than the version most magicians are now familiar with.
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