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[Eyes of memory never sleep] – Vintage Wall Art

[Eyes of memory never sleep], [between 1936 and 1943] — historic print
[Eyes of memory never sleep], [between 1936 and 1943]. Historic print from the Astrology & Magic collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Beatrice Houdini's motto, "Eyes of Memory Never Sleep," sits at the center of this halftone memorial notice, which ran in the magazine Genii. The record dates it to somewhere between 1936 and 1943, more than a decade after Harry Houdini's death in 1926, and it shows how his widow worked to keep his legend alive. Houdini was born Erik Weisz in Budapest and became one of the most famous escape artists of his era, so the notice reads as both tribute and public relations. Its language about transcending mere "facts" captures how deliberately the Houdini myth was built and maintained.

Created / published[between 1936 and 1943]
Medium1 photomechanical print : halftone.
Genreon March 24
NotesWith the words Eyes of Memory Never Sleep" Beatrice Houdini expressed her life-long commitment to the advancement and perpetuation of the legend her husband had become before his death. Houdini had been born Erik Weisz in Budapest
SubjectsHoudini--exemplar of the transforming power of imagination--would forever transcend reduction to "facts." The memorial notice presented here was printed in "Genii" magazine."
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan2,720 × 3,550 px · prints to 9 × 12 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-188779

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