Sold for:
$150
$150
O’Meers Sisters Race Course. The Greatest Sporting Trick in the World. A Foot Race on the Tight Wire. Leipzig: Union Ptg. and Eule, 1903. Color lithograph mounted and varnished on board. Josie and Laura O’Meers were trained for the tight rope “from two years of age [in] exercises directed towards the development of suppleness and quickness, and their effectiveness is illustrated in the marvelous work the young women do” (McFadden, Women’s Physical Development, [1901]). 28 ½ x 22”. Small chips and scuffs in printed area, scattered marginal tears and divots. Fair.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-07-23
