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Auction History Result 9m0009 RINGLING BROS & BARNUM & BAILEY linen 36x60 circus poster 1942 Kauffer elephant art, rare! Date Sold 8/8/2021 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Linenbacked Circus Poster (measures 36" x 60" [91 x 152 cm]) (Learn More) Ringling Bros & Barnum & Bailey, the circa 1942 circus poster ("The greatest show on earth presents its 50 famous elephant girls in an original ballet composed by Igor Stravinsky and staged by George Balanchine") promoting a showing of Circus Polka. Circus Polka: For a Young Elephant was written by Igor Stravinsky in 1942. He composed it for a ballet production that the choreographer George Balanchine did for Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. The ballet was performed by fifty elephants and fifty ballerinas. In 1944, Stravinsky published an orchestration of the piece, which is now part of the repertoire of many orchestras. Note that this poster features Edward McKnight Kauffer artwork of two elephant ballerinas next to a human ballerina. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Edward McKnight Kauffer Important Added Info: Note that we have never before auctioned this circus poster! What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: very good. The poster had small paper loss at some crossfolds and some creases, tears, and tiny paper loss on parts of some folds. Overall, the poster was in very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was nicely backed, and displays well! Learn More about condition grades 
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