Not currently on display at the V&A

Poster

ca. 1930 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Pictorial and typographic. Various members of the Fritz Klein family performing aerial acts from and within metal trapezes, their twists and turns emphasised by dotted lines around their bodies.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Printing ink on paper
Brief description
Poster advertising the aerial performers the Fritz Klein Family, 'The World's Greatest Air Sensation', who probably performed with Bertram Mills Circus, ca.1930
Physical description
Pictorial and typographic. Various members of the Fritz Klein family performing aerial acts from and within metal trapezes, their twists and turns emphasised by dotted lines around their bodies.
Dimensions
  • Poster height: 95cm
  • Poster width: 138cm
Object history
Associated Production: Bertram Mills Circus. Performer: Fritz Kein. Company: Fritz Klein Family. ca. 1930. Performance category: circus, aerial act, speciality act. Mills Circus used acts they found abroad, and many of these sent Mills examples of their own poster illustrating their acts, such as this one.
Collection
Accession number
S.246-1998

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Record createdAugust 3, 2010
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