Allarty, Blanche | Midnight at the oasis

Allarty, Blanche
Cirque Molier. Blanche Allarty. Paris: Affiches Américaines, Ch. Levy, ca. 1901

Color lithograph poster (35 5/8 x 24 1/2 in.; 905 x 622 mm). Signed in stone lower right Louis Galice, with his name incorporated into the imprint, overprinted in red at top margin "Souvenir de la Soirée du 11 Juin 1901"; marginal chips and tears including loss at lower left corner, rebacked with linen.

Blanch Allarty was a renowned equestrian performer, but when she became the director of the Cirque Franco-Arabe in 1897, she began expanding her trick riding to include camels.

Condition Report:
Condition as described in catalogue entry.

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