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HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874 – 1926). Original Pen-and-Ink Artwork for a Houdini Program. 1925. Illustrated two-page spread for a lecture program, used to print the interior pages of the publication issued for Houdini's lecture at B.F. Keith's Palace Theatre, Cleveland on March 13, 1925 (and likely other dates), explaining Houdini's fascination with spiritualism and “one of the deepest longings of the human heart," the desire to contact loved ones in the great beyond, and explaining his exposé of fraudulent spirit mediums. On stiff artist's board, 10 ½ x 14 7/8. Penciled notations and soiling in margins, overall wear and toning. Obtained from the Houdini home by Joseph Dunninger and purchased from Dunninger's widow by the consignor. Kevin Connolly Collection.