Sold for:
$1,000
$1,000
Okita (Julia Ferret De Vere). Recreations Japonaises. Okita. Paris: Chas. Levy, ca. 1880. Charming horizontal poster depicts this occidental performer performing a magic act in the Japanese style. 24 x 20 1/2". Closed tears and minor retouching in image; A-. Scarce. The wife of magic manufacturer Charles De Vere, Julia was perhaps the first occidental magician to perform magic in Japanese costume. Her daughter, Clementine De Vere, achieved success as the illusionist Ionia (see lot 126).
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-06-25
