The Ricky Jay Collection

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Marconi, Alice | The electric wonder

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October 28, 08:54 PM GMT

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 USD

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Marconi, Alice

Miss Alice Marconi the Electric Mysterious Wonder assisted by Mr. Stone. Hamburg: Lith. Adolph Friedländer, [1911] (no. 5407)


Color lithograph poster (37 x 27 1/2 in.; 944 x 700 mm). One vertical and one horizontal crease, some minor restoration at lower vertical crease, a bit of marginal soiling and repair. Framed and glazed with Plexiglas.


Miss Marconi, the German text proclaims, lets 650,000 volts pass through her body safely. The inset vignettes show her seated in an electric chair and igniting a cannon by conducting electricity through her body.


In a reversal of standard roles of the period, the female Marconi was assisted in her act by a man.

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