$300
Roody. Roody. Milan: N. Moneta, ca. 1930. Abstract bust portrait of the famous Italian magician and palm reader finely executed in three colors. Designed by C. Rillo. 39 x 54". Over-coloring to chips in margins; A-. Little has been written about Roody’s stage career. An unverified report – reading like the hyperbolic publicity of a vaudeville showman – published in The Billboard on January 26, 1935, claimed that the Italian was “an M.D., a titled nobleman and the author of 13 books on medical science and philosophy. He became interested in magic and eventually abandoned all his work [in 1911] to develop magic.” His vaudeville repertoire included a trunk escape, among other illusions carried in some 60 pieces of baggage.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-06-25
