MAHLON BLAINE Caballero with señoritas

Sale 2403 - Lot 10

Price Realized: $ 875

?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price

Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200

MAHLON BLAINE.
Caballero with señoritas. Watercolor and ink and crayon on paper. 375x305 mm; 14 3/4x12 inches. Signed and inscribed "For Dunninger" lower right. Nd.

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Inscribed and Signed by Blaine to his friend and patron, the famous magician and mentalist Joseph Dunninger. Both men were cult figures in the circles of magic, mystery, science fiction and fantasy. Blaine illustrated several of Dunninger's books and painted several commissioned works for him. "The Amazing Dunninger" performed for Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Edison, and appeared on radio and television, inspiring Soupy Sales and Johnny Carson to base characters on him.