Travel, Photographs, Maps and Natural History

Travel, Photographs, Maps and Natural History

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Greece—Arnold Genthe | Nine photographs of Greece, 1929-30

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November 17, 02:59 PM GMT

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Arnold Genthe

Nine photographs of Greece, circa. 1929-30


9 SILVER PRINTS (average 325 x 240mm., or the reverse), each mounted on card, 3 SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER in pencil on the mount, chipping and loss to brittle card mounts (not affecting images), some minor surface wear, a few with slight silver mirroring


The photographs include two portraits; the Street of the Knights in Rhodes; Tiryns; and studies of the Acropolis.



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