This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/28/2023
DICKSONN. L’EVAPORATION. SOUVENIRS DU JAPON. DICKSONN DE PARIS. Paris: Affiches Americaines: Ch. Levy, ca. 1890. Large and colorful one-sheet stone lithograph depicting Dicksonn and his assistant in Japanese garb, the woman kneeling in a cabinet resting atop a thin stand at the center of the stage. Vignettes in the upper portion of the image depict the Butterfly Trick, Duck Tub, and a production of lanterns. Old bill-posters tax stamp with Dicksonn’s rubber stamp/cancelation, affixed to image as found. 49 × 35". Short, closed tears and expert-over coloring primarily in borders; B+. Linen backed. RARE; the first example we have encountered.
According to Ricky Jay, “Dicksonn, the clever French magician was a co-manager of the Theatre Robert-Houdin from 1883 to 1886. Subsequently he started his own theater in Paris where among his many presentations he adopted the dress and mannerisms of magicians from India, Russia, or, as displayed in this lithograph, Japan.” (MAGIC, 1490s – 1950s, page 43).