Sold for:
$1,100
$1,100
Alexander (Claude Alexander Conlin). Alexander. Crystal Seer. Bombay: Av Yaga, ca. 1915. Striking lithograph shows Alexander’s turban-clad head staring in to a crystal ball held by a disembodied skeletal hand. 14 3/8 x 41 3/8". Minor abrasions; A-. Though most of Alexander’s posters carry an imprint of “Av Yaga” of Bombay, so far as research has been able to determine, no such printer existed. It is more likely that the duplicitous (and highly successful) Alexander invented the exotic printer to further beguile patrons at his shows.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-06-25
