Wunderkammer: The Freeman & Fugate Oddities Collection

Lot #259:

[ACROBATICS]. Circus Busch / Die Amerikanische Sensation / ...

[ACROBATICS]. Circus Busch / Die Amerikanische Sensation / Das Seil des Todes [The Rope of Death]. Hamburg: Adolph Friedländer, ca. [1925]. No. 7829. German stone lithograph depicting two bicyclists riding across a tightrope billed here as “the Rope of Death;" they careen toward a flaming obstacle, with a large devil wearing a red robe bearing several skulls below. 53 ½ x 37 ½". Linen backed. Expertly restored with inpainting to original folds and marginal closed tears. Light staining along center fold. A-/B+.