Original Maquette for Dante's Mystery Revue Poster

By Robert Kemp (Late 19th/Early 20th Century), ink, ink wash, and graphite on paper, circa 1930s, hand signed at lower right, framed.

Sheet sight 29 3/4 x 19 1/2 in.; Frame dimensions 32 x 21 1/2 in.

From the Private Collection of Jim and Peggy Cordovano, Greenville, South Carolina and Little Rock, Arkansas

Christian Fechner Magic Collection, Swann Auction Galleries, New York, October, 2005.

This poster features Harry August "Dante" Jensen (Danish-American, 1883-1955), the original design for a lithographic poster that circulated in London for his farewell visit to the Hanley Theatre Royal.

Linen backed, several tears and losses to the sheet, areas of toning and damp staining, not examined out of frame.