Lot 1604 - A187 Photography - Tuesday, 04. December 2018, 04.00 PM
LOUIS-AUGUSTE & AUGUSTE-ROSALIE BISSON
(XIX)
La crevasse (Départ), 1862. Ascent up Mont Blanc.
Albumen print mounted on paper sheet. Vintage.
39 x 29 cm; Mount 71.5 x 55.5 cm.
Embossed "FBF" lower left in the image. Stamped signature "Bisson frères" in red ink below the image on the right. The lower edge of the mount with handwritten title.
Literature: Die Brüder Bisson. Aufstieg und Fall eines Fotografen unternehmens im 19. Jahrhundert. Exhibition catalogue Museum Folkwang, Essen 7.2.-28.3.1999, Essen et al., 1999 (ill. p. 180).
Provenance: Swiss private collection.
The paper sheet with a large paper loss at the lower left and tear (approx. 0.2 cm into the print image).
CHF 1 500 / 2 500 | (€ 1 550 / 2 580)
Sold for CHF 1 875 (including buyer’s premium)
All information is subject to change.