Lot 8
  • 8

Edouard-Denis Baldus (1813 - 1889)

Estimate
8,000 - 10,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Edouard-Denis Baldus
  • Chapelle Ste Croix de Montmajour, vers 1849
Tirage sur papier salé d'un négatif papier. Signé E. Baldus fc. en bas à droite dans le négatif et titré Chapelle de St Croix à Montmajour à gauche. Contrecollé sur carton.



Salt print, mounted on card. Signed and titled in the negative.

Provenance

Galerie Texbraun, Paris;
Harry Lunn, Paris

Literature

Malcolm Daniel, The Photographs of Edouard Baldus. Landscapes and Monuments of France, cat. expo., Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1994, ill. p. 124.

Condition

Etat moyen. Tirage légèrement pali et avec des rousseurs surtout dans la partie supérieure. Le carton légèrement sali. The print is slightly faded and has some foxing in the upper half. Slight surface staining on the card.
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