February 28, 2012
Live Auction104 East 25th Street
New York, NY, 10010 USA
Phone: 212.254.4710
Fax: 212 979 1017
Email: swann@swanngalleries.com
Viewing NotesExhibition & Sale Schedule: Sale 2270 - Fine Photographs & Photobooks - begins at 2:00pm in New York on Tues, Feb 28. All material in Sale 2270 on display at our premises in New York City, 104 East 25th Street, as follows - Thurs, Feb 23: 10am to 6pm - Fri, Feb 24: 10am to 6pm - Sat, Feb 25: 10am to 4pm - Mon, Feb 27: 10am to 6pm - Tues, Feb 28: 10am to Noon.
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Lot 1: (HAWAII) Splendid album containing 50 photographs of the people, landscape, and architecture of Hawaii,
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Description: (HAWAII) Splendid album containing 50 photographs of the people, landscape, and architecture of Hawaii, including a procession for the funeral of the last reigning king of the island, Queen Liliuokalani, hulu girls, and volcanic scenery. Albumen prints, most 7x9 1/2 and one 4 1/2x6 3/4 inches (17.8x24.1 and 11.4x17.1 cm.), about half with a caption, in English, in the negative. Oblong 4to, 1/2 gilt-leather over boards, slightly worn; with an O'Brien's, Chicago label with the number 99 and the date, in pencil, at the rear pastedown. 1892
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Lot 2: (CHINA) Select group of 11 rare photographs of China, with 6 views of Canton, including lively street
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Description: (CHINA) Select group of 11 rare photographs of China, with 6 views of Canton, including lively street scenes, scenes of pagodas and interiors of temples, 2 views of Hong Kong Harbor and 3 unidentified scenes. Albumen prints, 8x10 inches (20.3x25.4 cm.), and the reverse, 6 with captions in the negative. 1880s-1890s
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Lot 3: BEATO, FELICE (1832-1909) Gathering of 8 beautifully hand-colored portraits of Japanese figures.
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Description: BEATO, FELICE (1832-1909) Gathering of 8 beautifully hand-colored portraits of Japanese figures. Hand-colored vignetted albumen prints, each ranging from 8x10 inches to 11x9 inches (20.3x25.4 to 27.9x22.9 cm.), and the reverse, mounted. Circa 1870
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Lot 4: KIMBEI, KUSAKABE (1841-1934) Album containing 50 delicately hand-colored photographs of Japan, including lovely landscapes,
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Description: KIMBEI, KUSAKABE (1841-1934) Album containing 50 delicately hand-colored photographs of Japan, including lovely landscapes, detailed urban scenes, temples, geishas, merchants, and even a wedding ceremony. Hand-colored mounted albumen prints, each approxmately 8x10 1/4 inches (20.3x26 cm.), and the reverse, nearly all with an inventory number in the negative and all but one with a typed caption label, in English, on the mounts below the image area. Oblong folio, rebound? in blue cloth with applied decorative elements, partially detached from the text block; with a faint Kimbei stamp, a Yokohama stamp, and the original owner's inscription and date, in ink, on the front free endpaper; all edges gilt. 1887
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Lot 5: (JAPAN) Pair of albums with a total of 96 photographs, each with 48 beautifully hand-colored photographs
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Description: (JAPAN) Pair of albums with a total of 96 photographs, each with 48 beautifully hand-colored photographs depicting the landscapes, towns, temples, and inhabitants of Japan. Albumen prints, each approximately 8x10 inches (20.3x25.4 cm.), and the reverse, nearly all with an inventory number and caption, in English, in the negative. Oblong 4tos, 1/2 leather over gilt-lettered boards, backstrips partially perished, corners lightly rubbed and worn; with an American manufacturer's imprint at the rear pastedown of one album. 1890s
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