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[Houdini, a mature statesman of magic, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front] – Vintage Wall Art

[Houdini, a mature statesman of magic, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front], [ca. 1924] — historic print
[Houdini, a mature statesman of magic, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front], [ca. 1924]. 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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Shown in a formal head-and-shoulders pose and looking straight at the viewer, this portrait presents Harry Houdini at about fifty, a deliberate contrast to the daring escape photographs that made his name. Around 1924 he was taking on a more serious public role, writing and lecturing against fraudulent spiritualist mediums, and this dignified image suits his effort to be taken as an authority. The color halftone was a comparatively elaborate printing process for the 1920s, which makes this sober portrait worth noticing as a product of the period's print trade.

Created / published[ca. 1924]
Medium1 photomechanical print : halftone, color.
GenrePortraits 1920-1930.Halftone photomechanical prints Color 1920-1930.
SubjectsHoudini, Harry,--1874-1926.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,136 × 1,438 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-217306

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