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Lot 43

Jerome Myers
(1867-1940)
The Barker image, 9 5/8 x 7 1/8 in. (24.4 x 18.1 cm.)

18 November 2021, 14:00 EST
New York

Sold for US$510 inc. premium

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Jerome Myers (1867-1940)

The Barker
signed and dated 'Jerome / Myers. / N.Y. 1909' (lower right)
graphite on paper
image, 9 5/8 x 7 1/8 in. (24.4 x 18.1 cm.)
Executed in 1909.

Footnotes

Provenance
Spanierman Gallery, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Literature
J. Myers, Artist in Manhattan, 1940, New York, pp. xi, 151, illustrated.
J. Myers, Pictorial Section from Artist in Manhattan, 1940, New York, p. 151, illustrated.

The present work depicts a barker gathering a crowd of spectators outside of The Hippodrome Theatre in New York for what appears to be a circus performance. The Hippodrome Theatre operated from 1905 to 1939 on 6th Avenue between West 43rd and 44th streets and at the time was considered the world's largest theatre with a seating capacity of 5,300. The builders Frederic Williams Thompson (1873-1919) and Elmer "Skip" Dundy (1862-1907) also designed Luna Park at Coney Island, had innovative theatrical technology installed at the Hippodrome, including a rising glass water tank. The Hippodrome Theatre played host to numerous circuses, musical revues, vaudeville performances, silent movie, and even Harry Houdini's (1874-1926) disappearing elephant.

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