Lot 32
  • 32

Charles Marville (1816 - 1879)

Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Charles Marville
  • Dans le Jardin de l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, à Paris, 1853
Salt print by the Blanquart-Evrard process mounted on a printed album page, the image signed and dated in the negative.

Literature

From Etudes et Paysages, Imprimerie Blanquart-Evrard, Paris, 1853.

Condition

Almost the entire top portion of the supporting page has been torn away, the resultant edge being far from straight. Otherwise both print and support are in better than fair condition, the support only very lightly foxed and the print gently faded around the edges, notably in the lower right corner.
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