Lot 19
  • 19

Anonymous

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description

  • Anonymous
  • Reclining nude, c. 1851
  • photograph
Stereoscopic daguerreotype. In modern mount.

Provenance

Texbraun Collection, France
Private French collection

Literature

Hans Christian Adam, Die Erotische Daguerreotypie, Prague, Odephil, 1998, ill. p. 150.

Condition

This stereoscopic daguerreotype is in very good condition. With a few light traces of oxidation along the edges of the mount and with some dots of oxidation dots in the images. With a few very light scratches visible all over the plate.
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