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Cirque Medrano / Cairoli – Porto & Co. Paris: Imp. L’Affiche d’Art, ca. 1930s. Color lithograph. Signed in plate by the designer, Raoul Ortez. Matted and framed with Plexiglas glazing, sight 59 ¼ x 43 ½”. Slight restored losses and restoration along folds. A-/B+. RARE. A large and attractive poster featuring the famous clown Charlie Cairoli as a young performer with his father, Jean-Marie Cairoli, on the violin, and Porto. After World War II, the younger Cairoli performed for decades with Blackpool’s Tower Circus as its main star.