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Le Roy, Talma & Bosco — Comedians de Mephisto

Name: Le Roy, Talma & Bosco — Comedians de Mephisto
Brand: The Conjuror
SKU: PA-02094

Adolph Friedländer, Hamburg

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No print size passed the check for this piece: at 8 x 10 in, Wrong shape: a 10% crop. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.

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The Belgian illusionist Le Roy with wife Talma and the buffoon Bosco, billed “Die Meistermagier des XX. Jahrhunderts” on the Vienna variety stage. Le Roy printed lavishly to reuse posters for years — when Bosco quit, each successor was made up to match the old lithograph.

Maker: Adolph Friedländer, Hamburg
Medium of the original: Colour lithograph poster
Original held by: McCord Stewart Museum, Montreal
Credit: Apollo Varieté-Theater Wien program, April 1912 — Wikimedia Commons
Rights: Cleared for print
Catalogue number: PA-02094

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Sizes withheld
Size	Why
8 x 10 in	Wrong shape: a 10% crop
8 x 12 in	63 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
11 x 14 in	49 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
12 x 16 in	45 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
12 x 18 in	42 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
16 x 20 in	Wrong shape: a 10% crop
16 x 24 in	31 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
18 x 24 in	30 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
20 x 30 in	25 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 30 in	Wrong shape: a 10% crop
24 x 36 in	21 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 40 in	18 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
36 x 48 in	15 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
40 x 60 in	12 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged