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Lot 55
  • 55

Désiré Charnay (1828 - 1915)

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

Description

  • Désiré Charnay
  • Mitla, Intérieur de la maison du curé, 1859
  • Photograph
Tirage albuminé, contrecollé sur carton d'époque. Etiquette imprimée avec titre et noms du photographe et de l'imprimeur 'Gide éditeur, Paris' Pl. 4. Sous passe-partout et encadré.

Provenance

Galerie Hypnos, Paris

Literature

Des Photographes pour l'empereur : Les albums de Napoléon III, cat. expo. Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, BnF, 2004 ill. p. 121, pl. 71.

Condition

In very good condition. The print is uniformly very slightly faded. With random original spots of retouching. The card measures 54 x 70,4 cm and exhibitis random light foxing and remnants of a former binding along the top edge.
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