Harry Kellar raises a glass to the devil, and the devil raises one right back. Strobridge Litho. Co. of Cincinnati and New York produced the poster around 1899. It belongs to a sequence of Kellar devil compositions. Kellar was born Heinrich Keller in Erie, Pennsylvania, and was known as the Dean of American Magicians. He retired in 1908 and publicly handed the mantle to Howard Thurston.
On the poster
Kellar, in white-tie evening dress, faces a horned, red-caped devil against an amber sky crowded with silhouetted bats and shadowy pitchfork figures. The two stand in a frontal, almost symmetrical confrontation, equal in height, both holding their glass at the same angle. The devil grins. Across the lower third, "KELLAR" is set in white block-serif capitals outlined in gold and red.
About this print
A digitally restored reproduction, printed on 200gsm Enhanced Matte Fine Art paper with pigment inks.





