Sold for:
$800
$800
Dante (Harry August Jansen). Magic Revue. Dante. Sim Sala Bim. London, ca. 1946. Six-sheet (80 x 81") monochrome billboard poster depicting Dante's famous Spirit Cabinet (Cabinet de la Mort) routine. Devils, goblins and ghosts emanate from the cabinet. Good condition, linen backed. Dante used black-and-white lithographs to advertise his post-war appearance in the United Kingdom in an effort to have the posters be seen through the thick fog that regularly blanketed the country.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2011-03-26
