Fotografie des 19. – 21. Jahrhunderts

Rome
View of Castel Sant'Angelo over the Tiber River; View of the Forum Romanum
Los 4078

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806€ (US$ 867)

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Photographer: possibly Alinari. View of Castel Sant'Angelo over the Tiber River; View of the Forum Romanum. 1870s. 2 mammoth albumen prints. Each circa 41 x 54 cm. Each with title and number in the negative in lower edge, mounted to board (brittle, toned, some tears).

Some surface scuff marks, one with tear in upper left corner, otherwise in very good condition.

Provenance: Estate of Dr. Tilman Falk

Rome
Views of Rome
Los 4079

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1.116€ (US$ 1,200)

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Photographer unknown. Views of Rome. 1860s/70s. 5 albumen prints. Each circa 27 x 37 cm and smaller. Each mounted to board (soiled, traces of use), annotated in ink below the image on the mount.

The views include the Colosseum, Forum Romanum, Ponte et Castel Sant'Angelo, St. Peter's over the Tiber River and St. Peter's. – Some light surface suff marks, otherwise strong prints in very good condition.

Provenance: Estate of Dr. Tilman Falk

Rome
Views of the excavation of the Forum Romanum
Los 4080

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1.488€ (US$ 1,600)

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Photographer: Edition Alinari. Views of the excavation of the Forum Romanum. 1890s/1900. 7 albumen prints. Each circa 20 x 25 cm. Each titled and numbered and with photographer's name in the negative in lower edge.

A very interesting and rare documentation of the late excavation phase of the Roman Forum under the direction of archaeologist Giacomo Boni (since 1898). Boni was a pioneer of modern historic preservation, who learned his craft early on from John Ruskin in Venice. All ancient artifacts, including those of the Middle Ages, were meticulously documented in drawings and photographs for the first time. During this period, the Basilica of Aemilia, the Temple of Vesta, the Juturna Well and many others were uncovered. – Edges curled, some handling marks, otherwise strong prints in very good condition.

Rome
Views of Rome and Venice
Los 4081

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248€ (US$ 267)

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Photographer: Edition Alinari. Views of Rome and Venice. 1890s/1900. 26 albumen prints. Each circa 20 x 25 cm. Each titled and numbered and with photographer's name in the negative in lower edge.

Edges curled, some handling marks, otherwise strong prints in very good condition.

Schwarz, C.
Old "Wilhelma" greenhouse, Botantical Gardens, Stuttgart
Los 4084

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496€ (US$ 533)

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Old "Wilhelma" greenhouse, Botantical Gardens, Stuttgart. 1860s. Large-format albumen print with rounded upper corners. 42 x 32,5 cm. Mounted to board (slightly soiled), photographer's blindstamp below the image on the mount.

A rare early view of this impressive greenhouse constructed in 1846 in the Botanical Gardens, Stuttgart. It was destroyed in WWII and not reconstructed until 1971 in an altered form. – Some surface scuff marks, otherwise a strong print in very good condition.

Scowen, Charles T.
Orchid details
Los 4085

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496€ (US$ 533)

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Orchid details, Ceylon. 1880s. 2 albumen prints. Circa 27 x 21 cm and reverse. 1 with photographer's blindstamp in lower right corner and title and number in the negative in lower edge, each mounted to board, annotated in ink/pencil on the mount.

Some light foxing spots, a few light surface scuff marks, otherwise in good condition.

Sevruguin, Antoine
Kurdish group portraits
Los 4086

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992€ (US$ 1,067)

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Kurdish group portraits. 1880s. 3 albumen prints. Each circa 21,5 x 15,5 cm and 16 x 22 cm. Number 193 and 204 in lower corners in the negative; annotated in pencil on the verso.

A few light handling marks, one with repairs in edges, otherwise in very good condition.

Sevruguin, Antoine
Persian prostitute
Los 4087

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496€ (US$ 533)

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Persian prostitute. 1880s. Albumen print. 16 x 22 cm. Number 796 in upper left in the negative; annotated in pencil on the verso.

Restored tear upper left corner, a few light handling marks, otherwise in good condition.

Tierra del Fuego Archipelago
Portrait of "Grethe" and "Dickkopf" of Tierra del Fuego archipelago
Los 4091

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1.364€ (US$ 1,467)

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Photographer unknown. Portrait of woman with child of Tierra del Fuego archipelago; Group portraits of indigenous people of Tierra del Fuego archipelago. Early 1880s. 3 albumen prints, 2 mounted to cabinet board. 13 x 9 cm and 10 x 15 cm. Each annotated in pencil on verso.

These are rare photographic documents of the indigenous Tierra del Fuego people, now completely extinct. These people were extraordinarily hardy and tough inhabitants of the most inhospitable and southern places on earth. Around 1880, a small group of these people was brought to Hamburg by a captain of a merchant ship and sold to the animal trader Carl Hagenbeck. During this time, Hagenbeck toured Europe and regularly showed these and other indigenous groups in so-called 'Völkerschauen' (human zoos). In the Paris Jardin d'Acclimatation Antropologique, where the show attracted more than half a million spectators, similar photos, as this one (woman with child) were offered for sale to the interested public on such occasions. A similar photo by Pierre Petit is in Ethnologisches Museum Berlin (inventory no. CCBY-NC-SA). In 1982, "Die Wilden von den Feuerlandinseln" (The Wild Ones of the Tierra del Fuego Islands) were brought to Zurich to entertain the crowds at the sold-out Plattentheater am Zürichberg. The unfortunate people continued to be exploited despite increasing exhaustion until they died one by one soon after. The woman in the portrait offered here was a member of this group. She died already on the way to Zurich (her body, as well as those of the other indigenous people, was brought to the anatomical dept. of the University of Zurich). In 2010, after long negotiations, the university handed over the remains of the Tierra del Fuego people to a Chilean delegation of various indigenous people so that they could make their final journey. – A few surface scuff marks/scratches, otherwise in very good condition.

Lit.: Rea Brändle. Wildfremd, hautnah: Zürcher Völkerschauen und ihre Schauplätze 1835-1964, Zurich 2013.