Lot 1644* - A189 Photography - Thursday, 27. June 2019, 04.30 PM
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Industrial photographs, c. 1905. Album with 97 original photographs.
Albumen prints. Vintages. Fix mounted on firm cardboard with handwritten legend in French. Partly with handwritten notes or imprinted number in the image. 2 mounted notes. Prints approx. 15 x 13 cm to approx. 21 x 27.5 cm (various portrait and landscaper formats); Album 26 x 42 cm. [52] mounted boards. Half-linen binding of the period.
Provenance: Private collection, France.
A mounted handwritten note with calculations on industrial waste for a block of carbon indicates that the images were probably made for an iron foundry for Siemens. Shown are various castings in portrait-like shots in which the casting is in the centre of the image. Additional photos show equipment, interior photographs of the foundry and some workers.
The front cover loose.
CHF 500 / 800 | (€ 520 / 820)
Sold for CHF 1 000 (including buyer’s premium)
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