This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/28/2023
SCHAFFER, Severus. THE WORLD RENOWNED SEVERUS SCHÄFFER. Paris: Affiches Faria, ca. 1900. Oversize one-sheet stone lithograph in colors of the juggling, balancing, and magic act of this company, including depictions of plate rolling, foot juggling, the production of birdcages, Japanese parasol balancing, supporting a car and carriage on his forehead (atop a long pole), and cannonball catching on the back of the neck. In the central vignette, the performer balances a gendarme’s sentry box on his head, holds iron weights in each hand along with two full-grown men. 50½ × 36½". Edges considerably worn, with some minor restoration in image; B.