Lot 987
Frank Johnson (American, 1892-1974), "Histah and Giant Snakes", circus sideshow banner, mixed media on canvas primed with Dutch Boy paint, signed and marked O'Henry Tent and Awning Co., Chicago, Illinois, 80 in. x 112 in. E2000/3000 Note: Johnson worked for the O'Henry Company 1934-1974. Much like other banner painters of the era, Johnson used a traditional orange and yellow framing curtain around the central image. "Histah and Giant Snakes" is among the subjects Johnson rendered of actual sideshow performers painted either from memory or with a photograph as a reference. Other subjects painted during this period were The Tattooed Girl, The Four Legged Duck, and Demon Creatures. Ref: Hammer, Carl and Gideon Bosker. Freakshow: Sideshow Banner Art. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1996.
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