9780811807074

Freak Show Art

Format: Paperback

ISBN13: 9780811807074

Paperback|9780811807074


Overview

Step right up! The show's about to begin with this mesmerizing, full color collection of outrageous banners from the heyday of traveling circus sideshows. See the giant Alaskan king crab! Marvel at the Bearded Lady! Look, if you dare, at the Dog-Faced Boy! Watch the Woman Changing to Stone! Circus sideshows from the turn of the century through the 1950s boasted unbelievable "freaks of nature," incredible transformations, and death defying acts—and the brazen banners that drew in the crowds were as colorful and intriguing as the lurid attractions themselves. For collectors and nostalgia buffs, as well as the merely curious, Freak Show celebrates this unique American commercial folk art phenomenon with vivid photographs of authentic banners highlighting the genre's most memorable examples, the artists who created them, and the unusual people and bizarre creatures they immortalized.

ISBN-13

9780811807074

ISBN-10

081180707X

Weight

0.78 Pounds

Dimensions

9.25 x 0.50 x 7.25 In

List Price

$14.95

Format

Paperback

Pages

96 pages

Publisher

Chronicle Books Llc

Published On

1996-06-01



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