This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/9/2023
DEVANT, David (David Wighton, 1868 – 1941). Miniature Portrait of David Devant. Circa 1908. A finely rendered miniature oil painting on a thin celluloid or perhaps bone plaque, being a half-length bust portrait of the famed British conjurer in coat and tie, with a blue flower in his lapel, modeled on well-known images of Devant used for publicity purposes. 2 x 1 5/8”.
Formerly owned by the Devant family; included are remnants of the cardboard sheets in which Devant’s daughter kept the portrait, one piece bearing the note “Property of R. Sprigg” (a member of Devant’s daughter’s family) in blue ink. With one long vertical crack through the image (repaired).