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HARBIN, Robert (Ned Williams, 1908 – 78). Harbin’s Jig-Saw Lady Model. London, 1971. Balsa wood model crafted and decorated by Harbin, being the model for both his Aztec Lady and Jig-Saw Lady illusions; in performance a woman in the cabinet is jig-sawed into four sections, and the cabinet is folded into various configurations to show she is gone; the process is reversed, and the lady is shown unharmed. Height approximately 9”. One old paper hinge separates, many parts fragile. SIGNED and dated by Harbin on one wooden “blade,” and with his penciled measurements on various portions of the model indicating the size and shape of the finished stage illusion. Accompanied by a letter of provenance from Bayard Grimshaw, executor of Harbin’s estate, explaining the history of the model and presenting it to Eddie Dawes.