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The Collection of Edwin A Dawes, Part I

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Lot 397

HERRMANN, Adelaide (1853 - 1932). Adelaide Herrmann and Com...

Estimate: $10,000 - $15,000

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HERRMANN, Adelaide (1853 - 1932). Adelaide Herrmann and Company. The Flight of the Favorite. New York: The Metropolitan Printing Co., ca. 1905. Bright one-sheet stone lithograph for the transposition effect presented in Mme. Herrmann?s vaudeville magic show. A Geisha character in one cabinet vanishes, only to reappear in a similar box some distance away. Adelaide Herrmann stands at the front of the scene. Framed with Plexiglas; sight 39 ? x 29 ??. Visible folds, chips, and wear, but intact. The only known example of this poster.