{"product_id":"servais-le-roy-levitation-1900s-theatre","title":"Servais Le Roy 1900s | Magic Poster","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere is a disembodied head beside a smoking brazier, and the man in the red tailcoat is looking at the woman floating above him instead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdolph Friedländer of Hamburg lithographed the poster. The St. Pauli firm produced over 9,000 entertainment posters between 1872 and 1935. Servais Le Roy was born in Spa, Belgium, and died in Keansburg, New Jersey. He performed with his wife Mary Ford, stage name Talma, and with a series of performers playing the Bosco buffoon role.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith Talma, he first performed the Asrah levitation in London in 1914.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eOn the poster\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA magician in a red tailcoat stands arms-wide on a cadmium-yellow stage, gazing up at a woman in a black gown who floats horizontally above him. To his left a smoking brazier rests beside the disembodied head and a large hoop. The yellow ground is flat and the figure sits symmetrically, with no stage background behind him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAbout this print\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA digitally restored reproduction, printed on 200gsm Enhanced Matte Fine Art paper with pigment inks.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage Poster Archives","offers":[{"title":"A4","offer_id":64852053459321,"sku":"VPA-14233-A4","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"A3","offer_id":64890312786297,"sku":"VPA-14233-A3","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"A2","offer_id":64894658871673,"sku":"VPA-14233-A2","price":34.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/1139\/4937\/files\/Advertising-ServaisLeRoy-LevitationMystery-c1900__VPA-14233_99586a99-85f7-46f7-9b27-af1cc98ac839.jpg?v=1792072318","url":"https:\/\/vintageposterarchives.com\/products\/servais-le-roy-levitation-1900s-theatre","provider":"Vintage Poster Archives","version":"1.0","type":"link"}