The Flying Codonas is known for his work on Variety (1925) and Swing High (1932). (Added: Sun Aug 01 1999 Hits: 9256 Rating: 9.35 Votes: 43) Vote Now! Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase 33.10 The Flying Codonas A family circus act that ended in tragedy but resulted in this beautiful monument at Inglewood Park Cemetery. In 1937 Alfredo killed his wife and commited suicide after they divorced. The Flying Codonas Circus aerialists Alfredo Codona, his wife Vera and brother Lolo, rehearsing their trapeze act The Flying Codonas at a factory in San Pedro, California, circa 1930. She was the ex-wife of aerialist Alfredo Codona, whom she … Henry/Enrique Codona stayed on in the country leading to the formation of the world-famous trapeze act "The Flying Codonas". Signature: Signed in graphite bottom right, "John Steuart Curry, 1933"; Signed on stone bottom left, "John S. Curry" Inscription: In graphite, bottom left: "'The Flying Codonas' 50 prints" Circus aerialist and member of the famed Flying Codonas troupe. Tempera and oil on composition board, overall: 35 15/16 × 29 15/16in. John Steuart Curry, The Flying Codonas, 1932. Around 1840, one part of the Codona family travelled to the US. In the flying trapeze act, one performer -- the "flier" -- holds the trapeze bar and jumps off a high platform. She was the ex-wife of aerialist Alfredo Codona, whom she married in 1917 in Havana, Cuba. The Flying Codonas Adjust Share Art by John Steuart Curry, This article is only available as a PDF to subscribers. (Notice the broken trapeze ring at the bottom.) THE FLYING CODONAS Reginalist Vintage Lithograph JOHN STEUART CURRY 1940s #597 Description. Download PDF Tags 20th century Aerialists Pictorial works United States More from John Steuart Curry From the. The Codonas performed a "flying trapeze" act, which involves two trapezes, as opposed to a "swinging trapeze" act, which involves only one. (91.3 × 76 cm). We have many other vintage and antique posters, art, lithographs and more available for sale this week - please check our other auctions at: View My Other Items For Sale The act went on to become International Stars and featured in various films, including Varieté (1925). This December 1932 photograph shows the members of three world-famous trapeze acts posing in the safety net at La Scala in Berlin: The Flying Codonas of Mexico, The Flying Concellos of the United States, and Les Amadori of Italy. In 1917 Alfredo married his first wife, Clara Curtin who also was a circus aerialist, the marriage ended in divorce 1n 1927. Alfredo, his father, mother, brother Abelardo and sister Victoria were know as the "Flying Codonas". 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