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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[MICROCALLIGRAPHY]. De Cristofaro, Eugenio [?]. Microcalligraphic Portrait of A. Enrico Barbaccini. 1832. A half-length bust portrait of Barbaccini, an Italian actor, in which the entire likeness, including the hair, necktie, eyebrows, and all features of the subject, is made up of exceptionally fine and tiny handwritten lines of Italian text, presumably by de Cristofaro, whose name appears in the lower right. Oval frame, 10 x 8 ??.