51 Lawson Wood (British, 1878-1957)
Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey, c1943/later printing. Colour
process lithograph, signed in image lower left, 71 x 107cm. Slight
foxing and repaired minor paper loss to edges of image and margins.
Linen-backed.
Text
continues "Litho. in USA. Ringling Bros. and Barnum &
Bailey Combined Shows Inc." Held in Library of Congress
collection, USA.
$1,650
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52 Anon
Silver's Circus And Zoo, c1950s. Colour lithograph, 98.9 x 36.7cm.
Repaired slight tears and creases, pinholes and replaced portions
to margins. Linen-backed.
Text
continues "Sherring Litho. Adelaide."
$1,100
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53 Anon
Chief Little Wolf. Wild West Show And Circus, c1950s. Colour
lithograph, 51.3 x 38.1cm. Repaired missing portions to upper
edge of image and margins, minor tear and foxing to margins.
Linen-backed.
Text
continues "Cowboys and Indians in action. Rough riders from
Canada, America, Australia. Circus performers from all parts
of the world." Chief Little Wolf, a Native American and
a professional wrestler and showman, became one of the great
heroes of Australian wrestling. The world heavyweight champion
first wrestled in Australia in 1937, and returned several times
becoming popular during the 1940s. He married an Australian and
settled in Australia during the 1950s. He toured Australia performing
trick horse-riding, told stories about the Navajo culture, displayed
his wrestling holds and did extensive work for charity. In the
Australian wrestling ring, he fought more than a 100 individual
wrestlers in over 1,000 matches.
$2,400
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54 George Craitem
Wirths' Circus. Tenterfield. The Greatest Show On Earth, 1958.
Colour lithograph with added sheet of letterpress text, signed
in image lower right, date printed in letterpress upper right,
101.7 x 37.8cm. Linen-backed.
Text
includes performance date of "Monday, July 21 1958"
and international acts from Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary and South
Africa.
Queensland-born brothers Philip and George Wirth began their
careers as bandsmen in Ashton's Circus during the 1870s. Eventually,
they formed Wirth's Circus, which became Australia's most prestigious
circus until challenged by Bullen Bros Circus in the 1950s.
$1,350
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55 Anon
Tower Circus. Blackpool's Jubilee Wonder Circus, c1960s. Colour
lithograph with letterpress text, 63.6 x 33.2cm. Slight surface
loss, repaired tears and creases overall. Linen-backed.
Text,
listing fifteen acts, includes "General Manager Harry Hall.
Assistant General Manager Clement Butson. Equestrian Director
George Lockhart. Ayre & Senior, Ltd., Printers, Carter Street,
Blackpool."
$990
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56 Anon
Tower Circus, Blackpool.
Colossal Coronation Season Show Of World Sensations, c1960s.
Colour lithograph, 63.1 x 33.1cm. Repaired slight tears and creases
to edges of image and margins. Linen-backed.
Text
includes "Entertainment Manager Clement Butson, Acting Manger
Percy Hirst … W.E. Berry, Ltd. Bradford" and lists
acts such as Flying Codonas, Maximillian Truzzi, Karolly Troupe,
twenty jungle animals and a water pantomime with a roller skating
ballet.
$990
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57 Anon
Sole Bros. Internationally Famous Circus, c1960s. Colour lithograph,75.9
x 50cm. Repaired slight missing portions, tears and creases to
edges of image and margins. Linen-backed.
Text
continues "Famoso Circo Aquestro Internazionale
Fratelli Sole. Internazional Berühmter Zirkus Gebründer
Sole. Robert Burton Pty Ltd, Sydney."
$880
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58 Anon
Bullen's. Australia's Largest Circus. Brisbane, c1960s. Colour
process lithograph with letterpress text, 12.1 x 36.7cm. Repainting
to upper edge of image, old horizontal fold. Linen-backed.
Text
includes "Bullen's 10 performing elephants, the largest
and greatest elephant act in Australia. Location: Musgrove Park,
Sth Brisbane" and lists acts encompassing Bengal tigers,
and Himalayan bears.
$1,350
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59 Maxwell Coplan (American)
Ringling Bros. And Barnum & Bailey Circus. See You At The
Greatest Show On Earth, c1960s. Colour process lithograph, signed
in image lower left, 107.2 x 71cm. Repaired tears and chips to
margins, slight foxing to upper portion of image and to margins.
Linen-backed.
Text
continues "Litho. in USA. Ringling Bros. and Barnum &
Bailey Combined Shows Inc."
$1,650
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60 Anon
Alberto's Circus & Zoo, c1965. Process screen with letterpress
text and linocut in red and green, 57.1 x 44.5cm. Repaired pinholes
and minor tear to upper edge of image. Linen-backed.
Text includes "From 6th, appearance at Roseland's Shopping
Centre, Sydney; 2nd, appearance GTV-9 Melbourne; 4th, appearance
David Jones, Brisbane. Need we say any more."
$1,100
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61 Anon
Ashton's Circus. In All The World No Other Show Like This, c1970s.
Colour lithograph, 76.3 x 49cm. Repaired minor stains to lower
portion of image, old folds as issued. Linen-backed.
Text includes "Incorporated in Victoria. Est. 1832. Robert
Burton Printers Pty Ltd, Sydney."
$660
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62 Colin Russell (Australian, b.1958)
Is It A Bird? Is It A Plane? No, It's Ashton's Circus, c1980s.
Colour screenprint, signed with studio line in ink on image lower
left, 50.8 x 73.2cm. Slight crazing to surface, repaired minor
creases. Linen-backed.
Studio line reads "Another Planet Posters, 5342690."
$880
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