Fotografie des 19. – 21. Jahrhunderts

Egypt
Views of Egypt and Cairo
Los 4032

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558€ (US$ 600)

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Photographer: Pascal Sebah (1825-1886), Hippolyte Arnoux (active circa 1860-1890), G. Lékégian (active circa 1887-1925) and C. & G. Zangaki (active 1870-1915). Views of Egypt and Cairo. 1889-90. Circa 80 albumen prints. Each circa 27 x 21 cm. Most with photographer's name signed and/or title in the negative in lower edge, inserted in album page slits, most titled in ink below image on album page, bound in half leather album.

Very comprehensive group of views of Cairo and Egypt, also showing the pyramids and other antiquities. – Minimal scuff marks, most faded, some with small tears in edges, otherwise in good condition.

Gloeden, Wilhelm von
Cain
Los 4035

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8.060€ (US$ 8,667)

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"Cain". Circa 1900. Large-format photogravure on strong vellum, lightly hand-colored in lower area. 31,5 x 23,8 cm (49 x 35,7 cm). Signed and dated Taormina 6/9 1926 by the photographer in pencil below image in lower left in margin and title printed below the image in margin.

This image is undoubtedly one of von Gloeden's most published and popular images. – Some backed tears/nicks, toning and some stains in edges, a few small scratches in upper area, light water stain in lower left, otherwise a beautiful print in very good condition.

Lit.: Ulrich Pohlmann. Wilhelm von Gloeden - Sehnsucht nach Arkadien. Berlin 1987, ill. p. 37.

Greece
Photo album pertaining to Greek history of the 19th century
Los 4036

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2.976€ (US$ 3,200)

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Photographer: G. Damianos, Typhoxylos and unknown. Photo album pertaining to Greek history of the 19th century. 1860s. Circa 95 cartes-de-visite albumen portraits. Most studio mounts with photographer's name below the image on mount recto and/or on mount verso, inserted in gilt-edged album page windows (some toning), bound in dark blue full leather album (inner joint cracked, spine with small tears, edges/corners rubbed) with brass classical ornaments (meander frieze) and date HELLAS (in Greek letters) 1820-1867 on brass plate in the shape of a round hoplite shield on front cover, clasp, silk end papers.

A "patriotic" photo album with many CDV photos pertaining to Greek history of the 19th century, especially the Greek struggle for freedom. It starts with circa 40 pictures (reproductions of heroic paintings). These are followed by CDV reproductions of King Otto I and his wife, as well as of Joannis Kapodistrias. Two original CDV portraits show 17 year old Prince Wilhelm of Schleswig-Holstein and a portrait of him as King George I of Greece with a portrait of his later wife Olga Konstantinowna Romanova. There are circa 14 other portrait photographs of important personalities and members of Greek families and militaries who apparently played a role during the Revolution, many of them inscribed by name in Greek on the verso. – Some photos slightly faded, otherwise most in very good condition.

Greece
View of the north wing of the Propyläen; View of the foreground of the Theatre of Dionysus, Athens
Los 4037

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Photographer: Dimitrios Konstantinou (active in Greece circa 1858-1875). View of the north wing of the Propyläen; View of the foreground of the Theatre of Dionysus, Athens. 1860s. 2 albumen prints. Each circa 28 x 36,5 cm. One signed by the photographer in the negative in lower right, each mounted to board (slightly warped), annotated in pencil in lower right corner on mount.

First photo slightly faded and with a few light spots, second photo with scuff spot in upper right in sky area, otherwise a strong print in very good condition.

Greece
Various views of the Acropolis and the Columns of the Olympian
Los 4038 [*]

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992€ (US$ 1,067)

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Photographer: Dimitrios Konstantinou (active in Greece circa 1858-1875). Various views of the Acropolis and the Columns of the Olympian. 1860s-70s. 3 albumen prints. Circa 27 x 38 cm. Mounted to board (slightly warped), annotated in pencil on the verso.

Some light surface scuff marks, otherwise in good condition.

Held, Louis
Portrait of Franz Liszt at age 75
Los 4042 [*]

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372€ (US$ 400)

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Portrait of Franz Liszt at age 75. 1885. Vintage gelatin silver print. 28,3 x 22,3 cm. Mounted to original studio board, photographer's name embossed below image in lower left corner.

Some mirroring, especially towards edges, otherwise in good condition.

Hill, David Octavius and Robert Adamson
Newhaven Fisheries
Los 4043

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992€ (US$ 1,067)

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"Newhaven Fisheries". Circa 1845/printed 1909. Photogravure printed from the original paper negative by James Craig Annan on Japan tissue. 14 x 19,3 cm. Tipped in corners to original mount (time-stained, slight traces of use). From: Camera Work 28, 1909.

A rich, dark print in excellent condition.

Lit.: Alfred Stieglitz. Camera Work, The Complete Illustrations 1903-1917. Cologne 1997, ill. p. 479.