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Benevol (Luigi Maria Benevolo). Le Coupeur de Têtes. Paris: Imp. Spéçiale des Tournées Benevol, ca. 1910. Ghastly full-color lithograph depicts the signature illusion of this Italian magician who found his greatest fame in France. On stage, he presented a fake medieval beheading at the hands of an executioner in a menacing costume wielding an equally menacing axe. 24 x 33 ½”. Linen backed. A.