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.
"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)
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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992€ (US$ 1,067)
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)
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)
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)
"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.
Japan
Views of landscapes and genre scenes of Japan
Los 4046
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397€ (US$ 427)
Photographer: Kusakabe Kimbei, Ogawa Kazumasa and unknown. Views of landscapes and genre scenes of Japan. 1890s. 21 hand-colored albumen prints. Each circa 20 x 26 cm. Most with number and title in lower corner in the negative.
Several faded, some with light scuff/handling marks, a few small tears in edges, otherwise most in good condition.
Lit.: Claudio Pescio (ed.). Ineffabile Perfezione. La fotografia del giappone 1860-1910, Lugano 2010, ill. pp. 140 (Loom), 247 (Girls in Bedroom).
Lions. 1887. Collotype, Plate No. 727 from Animal Locomotion. 19,5 x 39,5 cm (47 x 59,5 cm). With printed copyright credit, title and plate number below the image in lower margin.
Edges time-stained, a few smudges, otherwise image in excellent condition.
Naval History
Portrait of Adolph Wilhelm Berger
Los 4049
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1.240€ (US$ 1,333)
Photographer: Carl Wigand (1845-1883). Portrait of Adolph Wilhelm Berger (1829-1898). 1850s. Quarter-plate (circa 9 x 7,5 cm) daguerreotype with gilt-ruled paper surround, newly sealed behind glass in modern brown canvas clamshell box with gilt-stamped title Adolph Berger.
The daguerreotype offered here shows Adolph Wilhelm Berger in the uniform of a Prussian naval officer with the rank of "Leutnant z. See II. Klasse". His promotion in 1855 was probably why he visited the studio of Carl Wigand to take a souvenir with him from Berlin. His training began in 1848 on the U.S. "St. Lawrence", which Adolph Berger and four other Prussian cadets boarded in Bremerhaven in 1848 so they could learn the ins and outs of the U.S. Navy. The American Captain Paulding advised the German states on building naval forces, among other things, during this mission. In July 1849, the frigate returned to Bremerhaven via Southampton, Lisbon and Cadiz, and discharged the cadets, as Prussia was at war with Denmark at the time. Further training took place in 1863/64 with the Royal Navy aboard H.M.S. "Black Prince". In an album offered in the next lot 4050, also from the estate of Adolph Berger, there are circa 14 portraits of officers of the "Black Prince", as well as crews and officers of the ships mentioned below. In the German-Danish War of 1864, Berger served on the "Arcona" and was severely wounded. In the following years between 1867-1877 he commanded the "Musquito", "Niobe", "Hansa", "Renown" and the armed frigate "Friedrich Carl". Berger's career culminated with the rank of vice admiral. – Tarnishing in edges, otherwise in very good condition.
Lit.: Hans H. Hildebrand, Ernst Henriot, Deutschlands Admirale 1849-1945. Osnabrück, 1988.
Naval History
Souvenir album of Corvetten Capitain Adolph Wilhelm Berger
Los 4050
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4.712€ (US$ 5,067)
Two souvenir albums of Corvetten Capitain Adolph Wilhelm Berger (1829-1898). 1866/1880s. First album (1866) with circa 173 mounted albumen prints. Various sizes, including 161 cdv size, 5 cabinet card size and 7 circa 20 x 27 cm albumen prints (each annotated with full name, military rank and date), mounted to album pages (buckled, slightly soiled/time-stained in edges), bound in modern half leather album with gilt-stamped title Corvetten Capitain Berger 1866, front fly leaf signed and dated by Adolph Berger in ink. Second album (1880s) with circa 92 albumen prints, most cdv, including 7 cabinet portraits, inserted in gilt-edged window album mats, most annotated in pencil below image on the mount, hand-painted dedication title page, full leather album with silver maritime ornaments on front cover, with clasp.
These comprehensive albums are comprised of many portraits of Naval officers and large group portraits of ship crews on deck of SMS Niobe and the ironclad warship Hansa. These photographs from the 1860s-1880s are extremely rare documents of German naval history. German photos of this kind were rare even then and only a few have survived. The albums offered here include nearly every officer and official who held rank in the Prussian and Imperial Navy. They are all connected in some way with Adolph Berger's career as an officer. Of particular interest is a portrait photograph of James Madison Adams (1826-1870). Adams was a Chief Engineer in the US Navy and came to Kiel in 1866 on the USS "Augusta." The USS "Augusta" was one of two escort ships of the monitor USS "Miantonomoh" built for the United States Navy while the American Civil War was still in progress. After the end of the Civil War, US President Andrew Johnson sent the ship on a voyage across the North Atlantic in May 1866 to conduct a "showing the flag mission" in Europe. The spectacular armored ship was a great sensation wherever it appeared. Coming from St. Petersburg, the USS "Augusta" and the USS "Miantonomoh" entered the harbor of Kiel on 29.09.1866, where among others the photo of James M. Adams was taken. The portraits of English officers of the S.M.S. "Black Prince" in one of the albums are also rare and interesting. A very extensive documentation and list of names is included with the albums.
For a more detailed biography of Adolph Berger, see previous lot 4049. – Some photos faded, some photos cut out, a few with light spots, otherwise most in good condition.
Nègre, Charles
L'Asile impérial de Vincennes
Los 4051
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434€ (US$ 467)
L'Asile impérial de Vincennes". 1858-59. Albumen print (round). Diameter 17,3 cm. Mounted to board (slightly soiled), annotated in pencil in lower left and on verso of mount.
This photograph is part of a series made by Charles Nègre in 1858-59 for the publication: Photographic Views of the Imperial Asylum at Vincennes (Vues photographiques de l'Asile Impérial de Vincennes). The photo offered here shows the celebration in the Asylum of Vincennes on the occasion of greeting the emperor or "August 15". The residents are busy playing the so-called frog game outside. – A few retouched spots, some light surface scuff marks, otherwise in very good condition.
Opera & Theater
Album with portraits of mainly German opera and theater celebrities and personalities
Los 4053
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744€ (US$ 800)
Album with portraits of mainly German opera and theater celebrities and personalities. 1880s. 170 albumen and some collodion paper prints. Various sizes between 14,5 x 9,5 cm, some larger 20 x 13 cm and some smaller. Mounted to boards (edges slightly time-stained), each signed by the sitter or annotated by another hand in ink on the mount, bound in maroon full leather album (corners/edges rubbed, some scratch/scuff marks, spine damaged) with brass clasp.
This album compiles a wide range of portraits of foremost German literary, theater and opera figures such as: Ernst von Wolzogen, Johanna Ambrosius, Oscar Blumenthal, Alfred Kerr, Gerhard Hauptmann, Friedrich Wilhelm Jordan, Ernst von Wildenbruch, Albert Goldberg, Ludwig Barnay, August Bassermann, Josef Levinsky and many more. One image shows Franz Liszt surrounded by his pupils. Some photographs are dedicated to Alexander Wyeken. – Some photos with surface scuff marks, some faded in edges, otherwise most in good to very good condition.
Provenance: The estate of the German journalist and magazine publisher Alexander Wyneken (1839-1939)
Ottoman Empire
Travel album with portraits of people of the Ottoman Empire, views the Netherlands, Italy and Germany
Los 4056
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434€ (US$ 467)
Photographer: Abdullah Frères (active 1855-1899), Pascal Sebah (1825-1886) and Guillaume Berggren (1835-1920). Views of Constantinople and surroundings. 1880s/90s. 35 albumen prints. Various sizes, most circa 19,5 x 25,5 cm. Some with photographer's name and/or title in the negative in lower corner, mounted to album boards (time-stained in edges) in half leather portfolio.
Includes picturesque costume and market scenes, monuments, street life, palaces of Constantinople, with views of the newly built Anatolian train line. – Some surface scuff marks, most in good to very good condition.
Peru
Landscapes and people of Upper Amazon Valley, Peru
Los 4057 [*]
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7.440€ (US$ 8,000)
Photographer: Charles Kroehle (1867-1902) and unknown. The images show landscapes and settlements, farming, market places, industrial structures such as bridges, railroad lines and stations as well as people of the Upper Amazon Valley, Peru. 1888-91. 47 albumen and collodion paper prints. Circa 14 x 18 cm and some smaller. 2 signed by the photographer in lower left/right corner in the negative.
Along with George Huebner, the German Charles Kroehle is considered the pioneereing photographer of the Amazon in Peru. This comprehensive collection offers an extensive impression of landscapes and settlements, farming, marketplaces industrial buildings such as bridges, railroad lines and stations. Other images show indigenous people and portraits of European settlers, landscapes and housing of the area. – Some with slight fading in edges, some light handling marks/creases, some with reddish spots, otherwise most in good to very good condition.
Lit.: Manuela Fischer/ Michael Kraus (eds.). Exploring the Archive: Historical Photography from Latin America. The Collection of the Ethnologisches Museum Berlin. Cologne 2015, see pp. 69-71.
Peru
Charles Kroehle and George Huebner, Peru
Los 4058 [*]
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992€ (US$ 1,067)
Photographer: Charles Kroehle (1867-1902) and unknown. Charles Kroehle and George Huebner, Peru. 1888. 2 albumen prints. Each circa 14,5 x 21 cm. Each annotated in pencil on the verso.
The two Germans Charles Kroehle and George Huebner are considered the pioneering photographers of the Amazon in Peru. From 1888-1891 they travelled the Amazon, Ecuador and Bolivia. One rare image in this group is the famous image showing both of them together with Piro-Indios from Rio Ucayali and a hunted crocodile. – Some handling marks/creases, slight fading in edges, otherwise in very good condition.
Lit.: Antoine Lefébure. L´Amazonie disparu. Indiens et explorateurs 1825-1930. La Découverture, Paris, 2005, ill. pp. 96-97 (Kroehle and Huebner).
Photographer: probably Emile Gsell (1838-1879). View of Phnom Penh at the bay of Tonle Sap river. Circa 1866. Albumen print. 22,3 x 31 cm. Mounted to board (slight traces of use and soiled), annotated in pencil below the image on the mount.
The French photographer Emile Gsell worked in southeast Asia and was the first photographer to be based in Saigon. He participated in at least three scientific expeditions and his images of Angkor Wat are some of the earliest of that site. Under pressure of the French, King Norodon I moved his government's seat from Udom to Phnom Penh. This rare view was probably taken shortly after this move in 1866, as it still shows a simple settlement of bamboo huts with the famous Wat Phnom Pagoda in the background from which the town takes its name. After the move of the King the French began to rebuild the city and took Phnom Phenh as the seat of colonial administration. – Three vertical fold marks, small tear in right edge, glued through mounting, a few light foxing spots in sky area, otherwise a rich dark print in good condition.
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