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Author:

Rapaport, Brooke Kamin.

Title:

Houdini : art and magic / Brooke Kamin Rapaport ; with contributions by Alan Brinkley ... [et al.].

Publisher:

Jewish Museumunder the auspices of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America ;

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

xvii, 261 p. ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.

Subject:

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.

Other Authors:

Houdini, Harry, 1874-1926.
Brinkley, Alan.
Jewish Museum (New York, N.Y.)

Notes:

Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Jewish Museum in New York and three other institutions between Oct. 31, 2010 and May 13, 2012. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Houdini's transformation in visual culture / Brooke Kamin Rapaport -- The immigrant world of Harry Houdini / Alan Brinkley -- Houdini's 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.

ISBN:

0300146841 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780300146844 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)540644081

LCCN:

2010008394

Locations:

DFPC353 -- Ackley Public Library (Ackley)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

ORAX826 -- Scott Community College (Bettendorf)

RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

MBPE423 -- Robert W. Barlow Memorial Library (Iowa Falls)

GZPE631 -- Pella Public Library (Pella)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)