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Dassonville, William E.
(1879-1957)San Francisco skyline

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

San Francisco skyline with Eucalyptus trees (# 318). Ca. 1925. Vintage gelatin silver print on Charcoal Black paper, matted. 8,8 x 11,4 cm (sheet 17 x 20,4 cm). Annotated “318” in ink in the lower margin; annotated in pencil on the verso.

William Dassonville, a photographer and trained chemist, was known for producing his own photographic papers and emulsions in pursuit of specific aesthetic effects. A one-time neighbor of Ansel Adams, he developed the distinctive “Charcoal Black” paper, valued for its rich tonal depth and used by Adams until 1933.

Literatur: Peter E. Palmquist. William E. Dassonville: California Photographer (1879-1957). Nevada City: Carl Mautz Publishing, 1999, ill. p. 65 (similar image).