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MAHLON BLAINE.
Caballero with señoritas. Watercolor and
ink and crayon on paper. 375x305 mm;
14
3
/
4
x12 inches. Signed and inscribed “For
Dunninger” lower right. Nd.
[800/1,200]
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 commis-
sioned 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.
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MAHLON BLAINE.
“These cries came from two completely
naked girls.” Pen and ink and crayon
heightened with white on paper. 470x290
mm; 18
1
/
4
x11
1
/
2
inches. Manuscript title
caption in pencil at bottom margin.
Initialed and dated lower right. 1957.
[400/600]
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