Lot 144
Achille Philion / An Attraction Without a Parallel. 1899.
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Lot 144
Achille Philion / An Attraction Without a Parallel. 1899.
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PAI-LVIII: Rare Posters
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Description
Artist: ANONYMOUS
Size: 42 x 27 5/8 in./106.7 x 70.2 cm
Condition: A.
Printer: Courier Co., Buffalo
Reference: Ref: Circus/Taschen, p. 620 (var); PAI-XLVII, 52
Key Words: circus
Achille Philion / An Attraction Without a Parallel. 1899.
Similar in style to an act made famous by La Roche (see Lot 2), Achille Philion was hired by the Ringling Brothers when they were just a small-town circus. He went on to perform for Forepaugh & Sells, and that troupe’s name usually appears at the top of this design. Here, it has been changed to simply “An Attraction Without Parallel.” This French daredevil “added a stunning touch to his Spiraling Ascension on a Rolling Globe act. When he reached the top of the ramp, his apparatus was engulfed in pyrotechnics, earning the description on the poster” (Circus/Taschen, p. 619).
Size: 42 x 27 5/8 in./106.7 x 70.2 cm
Condition: A.
Printer: Courier Co., Buffalo
Reference: Ref: Circus/Taschen, p. 620 (var); PAI-XLVII, 52
Key Words: circus
Achille Philion / An Attraction Without a Parallel. 1899.
Similar in style to an act made famous by La Roche (see Lot 2), Achille Philion was hired by the Ringling Brothers when they were just a small-town circus. He went on to perform for Forepaugh & Sells, and that troupe’s name usually appears at the top of this design. Here, it has been changed to simply “An Attraction Without Parallel.” This French daredevil “added a stunning touch to his Spiraling Ascension on a Rolling Globe act. When he reached the top of the ramp, his apparatus was engulfed in pyrotechnics, earning the description on the poster” (Circus/Taschen, p. 619).
