The Golden Age of Magic Posters • The Nielsen Collection Part II
Sat, Feb 4, 2017 11:00AM EST - Sun, Feb 5, 2017 11:00AM EST
Live Auction
Lot 51
CHUNG LING SOO (WILLIAM ELLSWORTH ROBINSON). Chung Ling Soo. Marvelous Chinese Conjuror
Estimate: $16,000 - $20,000
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Hamburg: Adolf Friedländer, 1901. Handsome stone lithograph bears a central portrait of Chung Ling Soo flanked by dragons, and features vignettes of the magician performing Aerial Fishing, the fire trick, bowl production, and a livestock production. 27 ½ x 37 ¼". Expert over-coloring in margins and image; B. One of two examples of this poster known.
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