Aug 08, 2024 - Sale 2676

Sale 2676 - Lot 142

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800

DESIGNER UNKNOWN

APOLLON / PARFORCE GYMNASTIQUE EQUILIBRIST. 1900.


53¼x37¼ inches, 135¼x94½ cm. Adolph Friedländer, Hamburg.
Condition B+: replaced loss with overpainting in center text; minor overpainting and darkening at edges and along vertical and horizontal folds. Two-sheets.

"Apollon was the stage name of Louis Uni (1862-1928) born in southern France to a family of well-known giants. He joined a nearby circus as a strongman at the age of 14. He became famous for his grip strength and for lifting 2 railroad car wheels connected by an axle, called Apollon's Wheels, weighing 166 kg" (https://zwiggelaarauctions.nl/Lot/37084). Lith. no. 1694.