The Collection of Edwin A Dawes, Part I

Lot #388:

[DECAPITATION ILLUSION]. Le Coupeur de Tetes au British Cir...

[DECAPITATION ILLUSION]. Le Coupeur de Tetes au British Circus Impérator. Paris: Louis Galice, ca. 1915. Color stone lithograph depicting a grisly decapitation scene from a macabre magic show. Mephistopheles holds the severed head. 22 ¾ x 15”. Faint stain in lower margin, old central fold. A/A-.