Comedians De Mephisto Co. | A superb oversize poster for the Worlds Monarchs of Magic

Comedians De Mephisto Co.

Comedians De Mephisto Co. Allied with Le Roy * Talma * Bosco. Worlds Monarchs of Magic. Hamburg: Lith Adolph Friedländer, ca. 1905 (no. 3318) 

Color lithograph poster on 6 sheets (ca. 75 1/2 x 106 in.). Faint fold creases. Laid down on linen.

A superb oversize poster for the Worlds Monarchs of Magic, showing the trio's varied reactions to their act being overrun by their avian and animal associates: Le Roy nonplussed, Talma unconcerned, Bosco befuddled.

"At the turn of the 20th century, Le Roy, Talma, and Bosco were among the world's most innovative and impressive conjurers. The same may be said of the Friedländer lithographers of Hamburg. Even thought they rarely printed such large posters, this six-sheet maintained the highest standards of design and production" (Magic).

REFERENCE:

Exemplars, pp. 32–33; Illusions 216; Magic, 26–27