The Collection of Edwin A Dawes, Part I

HERRMANN, Adelaide (1853 - 1932). Adelaide Herrmann and Company. The Flight of the Favorite. New York: The Metropolitan Printing Co., ca. 1905. Bright one-sheet stone lithograph for the transposition effect presented in Mme. Herrmann’s vaudeville magic show. A Geisha character in one cabinet vanishes, only to reappear in a similar box some distance away. Adelaide Herrmann stands at the front of the scene. Framed with Plexiglas; sight 39 ½ x 29 ½”. Visible folds, chips, and wear, but intact. The only known example of this poster.