Georges Melies Business Card & Ticket to Houdin Theatre Matinee 450 x 600

Georges Méliès

Business Card & Matinee Ticket   1909 & 1904

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GEORGES MÉLIÈS BUSINESS CARD & MATINEE TICKET

GEORGES MÉLIÈS

GOLDEN AGE OF CINEMA MAGIC, 1909 & 1904

Important Original Georges Melies Business Card & Matinee Ticket

Publisher: unknown

Monotone Copper Plate Engraving Letterpress Print

Size: 4.25 x 2.5 in (10.8 x 6.4 cm) & 4.6 x 3.5 in (11.6 x 8.9 cm)

Signed: unsigned

Rare & Important Business 1909 Card/Visiting Card of Georges Méliès, legendary French filmmaker and special effects pioneer whose inspirational technically-innovative works are entertaining, impressive and cleverly-stunning even today. Accompanying the present piece is a Matinee ticket to a special Méliès presentation for the Magicians syndicate at the Robert Houdin theater, an appropriate venue for this fellow prestidigitator and cinematic genius, reminding us of the integral connections between film, theatre, art and magic.

Private Collection

Subject: Georges Méliès

Creation Year: 1909

Dimensions:4.25 x 2.5 in & 4.6 x 3.5 in 

Medium: Monotone Copper Plate Engraving Letterpress Print

Movement/Style: Golden Age of Cinema Magic

Period: Historic Early Cinema

Condition: Fine