A skeleton's hand holds a human life in a crystal ball, from cradle to funeral. The lithograph was produced in 1915 for Claude Alexander Conlin, the American vaudeville mentalist who performed across the United States as Alexander the Crystal Seer. The copyright line reads "© C. Alexander". Who printed it has not been established.
On the poster
A skeleton hand rises from below, its orange-jointed fingers cradling a large crystal ball against a deep black ground. Inside the ball are three vignettes in close monochrome illustration: a child in a cradle at the top, a ghostly robed figure beside a small girl at the centre, and a funeral scene to the left. A shaft of pale cream-white light falls from the upper-right corner across the whole sheet.
At the top, "ALEXANDER" in large cream slab-serif capitals with a red inline shadow. Below it, "CRYSTAL SEER" in bold orange-red compressed lettering. Either side of the ball the text continues: "Sees Your Life from the Cradle, and to the Grave." The lower left corner carries the mark "AV YAGA / BOMBAY".
About this print
A digitally restored reproduction, printed on 200gsm Enhanced Matte Fine Art paper with pigment inks.
