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Lot 215

[LITHOGRAPHY]. WILDE, Oscar (1854-1900). “Strike Me with a ...

Estimate: $100 - $300

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[LITHOGRAPHY]. WILDE, Oscar (1854-1900). ?Strike Me with a Sun Flower?. E. B. Duval, 1882. Famous full-color trade card lampooning Wilde for his foppish appearance during his speaking tour in the United States in 1882. Approximately 4 ? x 3?. Some minor rubbing, some mild offsetting to verso. Excellent. Normally, this card was issued with advertising text on verso - this card is blank on verso. See The Wilde Woman and the Sunflower Apostle: Oscar Wilde in the United States by Victoria Daley (Los Angeles Review of Books, February 8, 2020). From the Mark Rucker Collection.