This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/26/2022
Alan, Don (Donald Alan McWethy). Don Alan’s Fez and Lump of Coal. [Chicago], ca. 1980. Being a red felt fez and large lump of coal used in one of Alan’s most memorable effects. Coal measures approximately 5 x 5 x 5”. The interior of the fez inscribed and signed by Alan to Ken Klosterman in 1991. Alan performed many routines that concluded with the surprising production of a giant object in an unlikely location. The lump of coal production was one of his most memorable, and an homage, if unknowingly, to Max Malini, who made his reputation producing paving bricks and even blocks of ice under borrowed hats.