May 15, 2018 - Sale 2478

Sale 2478 - Lot 72

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Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
(CHILDREN'S LITERATURE.) OPTICAL TOY. Zoetrope. 12x8 inches, 10 inches in diameter, removable painted metal base attached to a circular metal drum with 13 rectangular slits, interior contains five 8 inch tall strips of paper. Each strip contains different images of cartoon figures and machinery, sequenced to present a story. Np, nd
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A pre-cinema optical device; the term was coined as a transliteration from the Greek words 'life' and 'turning.' Viewers peer through the slits in the drum which, when spun, present a succession of sequenced images as one moving image.