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JOSEPH JICHA (1901-?) KOKOON / BAL MASQUE. 1925. 391/4x253/4 inches. Otis Lithograph Co. Condition B+: restoration along vertical and horizontal folds. These costumed balls were so renowned for their debauchery that, in 1923, the city of Cleveland actually banned the ball based on charges of "immorality" and "drunkenness". The following year the city reinstated the event with the stipulation that attendees wear decent clothing. Here costumed figures are involved in a wild dance within the glare of two spotlights.
