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PAREDES, Miguel (Mexican, b. 1949). Portrait of Robert Harbin. 1980. Photorealistic oil on canvas. A half-length portrait of the famed British illusionist and origamist, commissioned by Robert Ragatz, M.D. A variant of this image was used on the dust-jacket and as the frontispiece for Eric Lewis’s book The Genius of Robert Harbin (1997). A companion painting hangs on the wall of the Magic Castle in Hollywood. 24 x 18”. Near fine. An iconic portrait of this influential and inventive magician.