Leonce | The one and only spiral ascensionist to employ a bicycle
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October 28, 08:54 PM GMT
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Leonce
Leonce. Spiral All Heil! Leonce seul et unique au monde Spiral ascensioniste en velocipède. Np, ca. 1900
Color lithograph poster (27 1/4 x 37 in.; 695 x 942 mm). Fold creases, some light browning and minor marginal repair. Framed and glazed with Plexiglas.
Leonce's act was inspired by the spiral ascensionists like Leon LaRoche who performed the feat using—and sometimes concealed within—a sphere. Minting the Marvel ascended the spiral on a unicycle, but Leonce added the flamboyant element of fire to his act. He performed for a time with Hengler's Circus in Glasgow.
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LP&FW, pp. 206–07