Crystal Balls in Art

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Crystal Balls in Art

Fortune tellers, wizards, gypsies, and swamis are the ones who posses crystal balls in 20th century art. Sometimes the crystal balls appear all by themselves, in no one's hands. This page of crystal balls in art covers both gallery art and commercial art -- and sometimes the same piece does double-duty for both. I have done my best to identify the artists, but i await information on quite a few, as commercial artists were not usually allowed to sign their work.

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  YYYY: Artist unknown.
  Colour Budweiser Beer advertisement In the form of an in-store stand-up display printed on heavy cardboard.
  

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  Unknown Artist.
  Colour Budweiser Beer magazine advertisement (detail). The background colour has been changed from that of the store display.

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  Unknown Artist. Colour Budweiser Beer advertisement (detail). In this ad, the beer bottle is gone now, and only the glass remains.

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  Gene-Pressler: Gypsy Pin-Up Woman with a crystal ball,1925.

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  Unknown Artist: Absorbene advertising pamphlet cover. "The Ball of Magic Makes Clean Healthy Rooms. Absorene Cleans Wall Paper and Window Shades. The Absorene Mfg Co., Saint Louis, Missouri. Dry Cleaner for Washable Wall Paper." The Aborbene company was founded in 1891 and is still in business. The tag-line "For Sale By" was typeset for surprinting with the names of stores that carried the product.

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  John Romita: "Secret Hearts" No. 67, April 1960, published by by DC Comics, New York. This romance comic shows a carnival reader predicting love troubles to a frightenered your woman. Such tales usually end with the Gypsy having been wrong about there being a rival, and the woman learning to trust her lover and not a carnival fortune teller.

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  YYYY: L.W. de Laurence Catalogue cover, Chicago. Artist unknown.
  Sepia Hindu and Egyptian Crystal Gazing.
  Genre: Occult Catalogue Art.

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  1947: Artist unknown.
  Chesterfield colour advertisement.
  Genre: Product Ad.

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  Mahmoud Farschchian: "The Crystal Ball."

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  1865: "Astrologia," by Edward Burne Jones.
  Genre: Painting.

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  YYYY: "ALEXANDER: Crystal-Seer Knows Sees Tells ALL" by Frederick Eugene 'Kid' Jones Av Yaga Bombay.
  Colour poster.
  Genre: Poster.

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  YYYY: "ALEXANDER: The Man Who Knows," by Frederick Eugene 'Kid' Jones Av Yaga Bombay.
  Colour poster.
  Genre: Poster.

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  YYYY: "ALEXANDER: Crystal Seer, Sees Your Life from the Cradle to the Grave," by Frederick Eugene 'Kid' Jones Av Yaga Bombay.
  Colour poster.
  Genre: Poster.

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  YYYY: "Classic Hardware Madame Fortunes Exotic Tarot Business Card Holder," by Heather Watts.
  Colour advertisement.

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  1944: Hyatt Roller Bearings Crystal Ball advertisement by Unknown Artist. {DESC}.
  Black and white publicity still.

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  1603: "Still Live," by Jacques de Gheyn Vanitas. {DESC}.
  Colour painting.

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  YYYY: Kaiser Aluminum Crystal Ball Ad by Unknown artist.
  Colour advertisement.