Two Vintage Cole Bros Circus Posters, Featuring Harold
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the first: "Harold Barnes: World's Greatest Somersaulting Juvenile Acrobat on the Tight Walk," lithographic poster in colors, elements of offset lithography, circa 1935; the second: "Allen King Battling Snarling, Roaring Man-Eating Wild Animals from Plain, Desert, Plateau, and Jungle," lithographic and offset lithographic poster in colors, circa 1935; both linen backed, unframed.
Sheet Size 40 1/2 x 28 1/4 in. (the first), 27 5/8 x 40 1/2 in. (the second)
Images overall bright and clean.
Estate of B. Thomas M. Smith, Sr., Petersburg, Virginia . Smith established this extensive collection of circus and theater posters over the course of 40 years, between 1936 and the early 1970s. Portions of his collection are now held by the Ringling Circus Museum, Sarasota, Florida and the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture, Washington, DC.
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Sheet Size 40 1/2 x 28 1/4 in. (the first), 27 5/8 x 40 1/2 in. (the second)
Images overall bright and clean.
Estate of B. Thomas M. Smith, Sr., Petersburg, Virginia . Smith established this extensive collection of circus and theater posters over the course of 40 years, between 1936 and the early 1970s. Portions of his collection are now held by the Ringling Circus Museum, Sarasota, Florida and the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture, Washington, DC.
Additional high-resolution photos are available at LelandLittle.com
Condition
Condition B+/B: repaired loss and tears (the first). Condition A-/B+: some repaired loss and tears in margins; some hinging remnants (the second). Both professionally restored and linen backed.
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Two Vintage Cole Bros Circus Posters, Featuring Harold
Estimate $25 - $25,000
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