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File:Budweiser-Beer-Fortune-Teller-Standup-1957.jpg|Unknown Artist: Budweiser Beer advertisement in the form of an in-store stand-up display printed on heavy cardboard, 1957. The crystal-gazers words are written in script on her table: "I see you have excellent taste." It advertises "Anheuser-Busch, Budweiser. King of Beers, America's Social Companion."
File:Budweiser-Beer-Fortune-Teller-Standup-1957.jpg|Unknown Artist: Budweiser Beer in-store stand-up display printed on heavy cardboard, 1957. The crystal-gazer's words are written in script on her table: "I See You Have Excellent Taste." The rest of the ad reads, "Anheuser-Busch, Budweiser. King of Beers, America's Social Companion, Anheurser-Busch, Saint Luis, Missouri."


File:Budweiser-Crystal-Ball-Advertisement.jpg|Unknown Artist: Budweiser Beer magazine advertisement (detail), 1957. The background colour has been changed to green from that of the store display, which was blue. It advertises "Anheuser-Busch, Budweiser, America's Social Companion."
File:Budweiser-Crystal-Ball-Advertisement.jpg|Unknown Artist: Budweiser Beer magazine advertisement (detail), 1957. The background colour has been changed to green from that of the store display, which was blue. It advertises "Anheuser-Busch, Budweiser, America's Social Companion."

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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.


catherine yronwode
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