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Houdini art and magic

Illustrates Harry Houdini's life and career, covering his daring escapes, cinematic escapades, Broadway career, secretive personal life, and influence on Andy Warhol, Matthew Barney, and Edward Hopper.

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Main Author: Rapaport, Brooke Kamin
Corporate Author: Jewish Museum (New York, N.Y.)
Other Authors: Houdini, Harry, 1874-1926, Brinkley, Alan
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : New Haven : Jewish Museum, under the auspices of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America ; Yale University Press, c2010.
Subjects:
Houdini, Harry, > 1874-1926 > Exhibitions.
Houdini, Harry, > 1874-1926 > Influence > Exhibitions.
Identity (Psychology) in art > Exhibitions.
Art and popular culture > United States > History > 20th century > Exhibitions.
Art and popular culture > United States > History > 21st century > Exhibitions.
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Table of Contents:
  • Houdini's transformation in visual culture / Brooke Kamin Rapaport
  • The immigrant world of Harry Houdini / Alan Brinkley
  • Houdini, the rabbi's son / Kenneth Silverman
  • Bess : the magician's assistant, the magician's wife / Hasia R. Diner
  • Drawings by Raymond Pettibon
  • Considering Houdini : interviews / E.L. Doctorow ... [et al.]
  • The many lives of Harry and Bess Houdini : a chronology / Gabriel de Guzman
  • Houdini's magic apparatus : needle threading, handcuffs, metamorphosis trunk, milk can, water torture cell, straitjacket.

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