CIRQUE. 20 programs and documents, accompanied by press clip - Lot 72

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CIRQUE. 20 programs and documents, accompanied by press clip - Lot 72
CIRQUE. 20 programs and documents, accompanied by press clippings. Nice set. Poster, May 11, 1789, announcing the "extraordinary show" of "Sieur Hercule, Privilégié du Roi", with "le grand saut du tonneau & la grande piramide d'Egypte"... Cirque Alberti, amateur circus created by Albert Menier (1858-1899) in his Neuilly villa. Program for the Soirée Equestre inauguration on February 28, 1885, illustrated by H. Somm; plus 2 press clippings. Nouveau Cirque, created in 1886 by Joseph Oller (1839-1922), 251 rue Saint-Honoré, which presented the greatest artists of the day, as well as water sports shows. - Program for February 21, 1886, first show of the Nouveau Cirque; press clipping attached. - Program for November 25, 1891, with the Medrano clowns Chocolat and Foottit, and the nautical pantomime Le Roi Dagobert. Medrano Circus. - 6th program of the 1948-1949 season (January-February 1949), with Les Fratellini "in this masterpiece of their clown repertoire: La Corrida". - Program (September-October 1952) with Buster Keaton act (press clipping attached). Cirque de Paris (1906-1930). 2 programs: April 8-14, 1927, and "Dernière Représentation" (January 15, 1930). Various programs-prospectus: - "Mlle EMMA célèbre dompteuse de PUCES a installé son théâtre"... - Représentation Équestre et Zoologique (Impr.Moderne à Vernon). - Théâtre Isola des Frères ISOLA with presentation of "eight new new attractions". - La Maison Électrique by Gëorgia KNAP, "Specimen of a Maison de Maître where electricity replaces all servants"... 4 documents concerning the Club du Cirque, including l.a.s. from president Henry Thétard; and 4 documents concerning the Gala de l'Union des Artistes (1956), plus a photo. Enclosed: a prospectus from Conférences Sensationnelles on the Cult of Sex and Sacred Prostitution among the Ancients, Jews and Christians ("Only married women and young girls of legal age will be admitted"); 2 postcards on the Cake Walk at Cirque Bureau and Nouveau Cirque; the invitation brochure for the retrospective exhibition "Le Cirque et les divertissements enfantins de 1780 à nos jours" (Galeries Lafayette, 1943-1944), with l.a.s. from Tristan Rémy; numerous press clippings on the Vesque Sisters, the demolition of Médrano, the Bouglione family, Cirque Rancy, etc.
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