Lot 7
  • 7

Auguste Salzmann (1824 - 1872)

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Auguste Salzmann
  • Jerusalem, escalier antique taillé dans le roc, 1854/56
Tirage sur papier salé, procédé Blanquart-Evrard. Contrecollé sur carton de l'éditeur, avec indications imprimées: nom du photographe, titre, éditeur et imprimeur.



Salt print. Mounted on original editor's card.

Literature

André Jammes/ Eugenia Parry Janis, The Art of French Calotype, with a critical dictionary of photographers 1845-1870, Princeton 1983, ill. p. 247.
Jean-Claude Gautrand/ Alain Buisine, Blanquart-Evrard, Doucy-les-Mines, Centre Régional de la Photographie Nord Pas-de-Calais, 1999, voir p. 45/46.

Condition

Tirage légèrement pali aux bords, autrement en très bon état. Carton avec de petites taches de moississure. In very good condition apart from slightly faided edges. Card with tiny stains of foxing.
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