Vernon's Silhouettes
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Vernon's Silhouettes
From the May 30, 1931 Atlanta Constitution
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From the July 21 Asheville NC Citizen-Times
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The article lists D.W. Vernon., then Dr. W Vernon.Richard Kaufman wrote:"DR. W. VERNON"!!??
Maybe David Wingfield Vernon? A new version of the Telephone Game .... with "magic scissors".
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There are very few silhouette artists around nowadays. There used to be one I worked with on Central Pier, Blackpool years ago. His name was Lester. He used to do cigarette tricks I remember.
Anyway, I was told that Vernon was just as well known among silhouette artists as he was among magicians. I was sceptical about this so I decided to test it. A few years ago I was wandering around some exhibition or other and lo and behold I saw a silhouete artist. I asked if she had ever heard of Dai Vernon. She surprised me by saying, "Oh yes of course! Did you know he was a magician too?"
It was the word "too" that made me realise that to her this was a very secondary activity. I was amused by this at the time.
Anyway, I was told that Vernon was just as well known among silhouette artists as he was among magicians. I was sceptical about this so I decided to test it. A few years ago I was wandering around some exhibition or other and lo and behold I saw a silhouete artist. I asked if she had ever heard of Dai Vernon. She surprised me by saying, "Oh yes of course! Did you know he was a magician too?"
It was the word "too" that made me realise that to her this was a very secondary activity. I was amused by this at the time.
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Vernon once told me that he had cut silhouettes on Broughton Street here in Savannah.
David Ben gives the date as Dec. 4, 1929.
I would be interested if anyone could tell me the exact address of the Broughton Street storefront from which Vernon worked.
(When I say anyone, I really mean Bill Mullins )
David Ben gives the date as Dec. 4, 1929.
I would be interested if anyone could tell me the exact address of the Broughton Street storefront from which Vernon worked.
(When I say anyone, I really mean Bill Mullins )
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Sorry, Brad -- I don't know of any Savannah newspapers online that would answer your question.
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I have seen a silhouette artist as The Magic Castle on different nights, cutting silhouettes for members and guests.
Cassidy Alexander, is a very busy silhouette artist in the greater Chicago, Il. area.
Cassidy Alexander, is a very busy silhouette artist in the greater Chicago, Il. area.
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Jim Martin wrote:The article lists D.W. Vernon., then Dr. W Vernon.Richard Kaufman wrote:"DR. W. VERNON"!!??
Maybe David Wingfield Vernon? A new version of the Telephone Game .... with "magic scissors".
Appears to be a simple typo rather than an honorific, since the article later refers to him as "Mr. Vernon"
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Is the distinctive Vernon signature in the OP, with the elongated 9 and the loop at the end of 'Vernon" way above the line (or is that a "D"?), the usual way Vernon signed his silhouettes (or other things for that matter)?
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Compare the signatures to the ones in these auctioned silhouettes.
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Thanks, Bill.
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John Carney has a great story about a silhouette that I believe he posted somewhere here on Genii. Maybe he will post it again.
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From a 1938 interview in the Houston Chronicle with Irving Lunt, a contemporary Texas silhouette artist: "Vernon of New York is the tops in silhouette cutting in the United States. We silhouette artists all dream of some day attaining the skill and speed of Vernon."
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Somebody got a good deal.
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How do people determine the authenticity of such silhouettes?
I have one I bought years ago, touted as Vernon's, but I have no idea if it's authentic or not.
I have one I bought years ago, touted as Vernon's, but I have no idea if it's authentic or not.
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