Circus, Sideshow & Oddities
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Lot 123
The Darras Brothers German Acrobat Poster. Berlin: Louis Wa...
Estimate: $400 - $600
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The Darras Brothers German Acrobat Poster. Berlin: Louis Wagner, [ca. 1910]. (no. 43). Color lithograph in German depicting the Darras brothers, who appear twice in the image; as the acrobatic performers in the center and as the two men framing them. Text: ?Br?der Darras / Original / Gymnastisch acrobatische / Neuheit.? 37 x 28 ??. Older linen backing. Chipping and losses around the perimeter. Split along original folds with chipping/loss across the center fold. Some repairs. Staining and spots of discoloration throughout. B-/C+.This poster is from early in the Darras Brothers? career; the gymnasts and acrobats later performed with both the Hagenbeck-Wallace and Barnum & Bailey circuses.
