An Italian-born magician performed in France as a Mexican.
Luigi Maria Benevolo, known as Benevol, was Italian by birth and was billed as a Mexican magician while performing in France.
Dealers give differing dates for this portrait poster, from around 1910 to the 1920s.
On the poster
A moustachioed performer in a red and gold military jacket, with a medallion and white cravat, looks straight out of a deep black ground. Four winged green demons with bat wings and barbed tails sit at his shoulders and temples. Gold cursive script reads "Le Légendaire Professeur" (The Legendary Professor) above bold yellow slab-serif capitals: "BENEVOL".
About this print
A digitally restored reproduction, printed on 200gsm Enhanced Matte Fine Art paper with pigment inks.





