Los 4005

Algiers
Women of Algiers

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Fotografie des 19. – 21. Jahrhunderts (Katalog nur online verfügbar)
Auktionsdatum 6.6.2026

Photographers: Alary & Geiser (active 1850s-1880s), Adolphe Clavier (1821-1894 ), Charles Leinack (active 1850s-1860s), Photographie Saharienne (active 1860s), B.B. Photographie Orientale (1862-1890), Claude-Joseph Portier (1841-1910), Eugène Hilaire Richan (active 1855-1870s). Women of Algiers. 1860s-1870s. 51 albumen prints, mounted to board. Each ca. 9,2 x 5,5 cm (mounts ca. 10,5 x 6,2 cm). Most with the photographer's studio information printed on the verso.

This lot comprises a compelling group of 19th-century studio portraits depicting women from Algiers and surrounding regions, shown in elaborate traditional dress within staged interiors. The sitters - identified as Moorish, Jewish, Kabyle, Ouled Naïl, and sub-Saharan - appear alone or in small groups, their attire and poses emphasizing ethnographic “types” over individual identity. Produced for a European market, the photographs reflect the visual culture of colonial Algeria, combining ethnographic curiosity with the conventions of Orientalist studio photography.