October 4, 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 2288 - Fine Photographs & Photobooks - begins at 2:30pm in New York on Thurs, October 4. All material in Sale 2288 on display at our premises in New York City, 104 East 25th Street, as follows - Sat, Sept 29: 10am to 4pm - Mon, Oct 1: 10am to 6pm - Tues, Oct 2: 10am to 6pm - Wed, Oct 3: 10am to 6pm - Thurs, Oct 4: 10am to Noon.
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Lot 1: BRADFORD, WILLIAM (1823-1892) A gathering of 3 leaves, each with mounted albumen prints from Bradford's
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Description: BRADFORD, WILLIAM (1823-1892) A gathering of 3 leaves, each with mounted albumen prints from Bradford's photographically-illustrated book,"The Arctic Regions." With a total of 10 dramatic photographs, comprising 5 of the icy landscape and their ship "The Panther," 4 of native peoples, and one of a polar bear. Albumen prints, each approximately 5 1/4x7 3/4 inches (13.3x19.7 cm.), and smaller, each is affixed to the original page. 1873
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Lot 2: BEATO, FELICE (1832-1909) An album containing 17 artfully hand-colored photographs of Japan, all occupational views,
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Description: BEATO, FELICE (1832-1909) An album containing 17 artfully hand-colored photographs of Japan, all occupational views, and all featuring young women (only one image depicts male figures), including geishas, young women with children, and ceremonial tableaus. Hand-colored albumen prints, sizes ranging from approximately 8 1/4x6 1/4 to 7 1/2x11 inches (21x15.9 to 19.1x27.9 cm.), mounted, all but 3 are vignetted, each with the original caption label mounted opposite. Folio, 1/2 gilt-leather, worn and front cover detached; all edges gilt. Circa 1868
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Lot 3: (JAPAN) kimbei, kozaburo, farsari Lavish album containing 100 beautifully hand-colored photographs of Japan,
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Description: (JAPAN) kimbei, kozaburo, farsari/span Lavish album containing 100 beautifully hand-colored photographs of Japan, including landscapes, street and city scenes, temples, geishas, merchants (including a parasol merchant), and gardens with lovely hanging wisteria blossoms. Hand-colored albumen prints, most approximately 7 1/2x9 3/4 inches (19.1x24.8 cm.), and the reverse, mounted, many with a number and caption, in English, in the negative, light, scattered foxing; with the original tissue guards, slightly foxed and worn. Oblong folio, red lacquer covers with a floral pattern; gilt-leather backstrip, worn and partially detached at the head; all edges gilt. 1880s
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Lot 4: (ASIA) A compelling and unusual album containing 36 photographs from various locations, including
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Description: (ASIA) A compelling and unusual album containing 36 photographs from various locations, including Bangkok, Siam, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Japan, and Korean villages, as well as portraits and landscapes, and even an elephant, arranged, apparently, randomly. Albumen prints (6 are beautifully and delicately hand-colored), sizes ranging from 4x6 to 8 1/4x10 1/2 inches (10.2x15.2 to 21x26.7 cm.), and the reverse, mounted (some two to a page). Oblong folio, black lacquer covers with gilt-highlights and fans, as well as text, in gold and red ink, on the front cover; covers and pages fully detached; inscription dated 1893, in ink, on the pastedown. Circa 1890
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Lot 5: GARDNER, ALEXANDER (1821-1882) & MOULTON, HENRY DEWITT(1828-1893) Album titled "Rays of Sunlight from South America"
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Description: GARDNER, ALEXANDER (1821-1882) & MOULTON, HENRY DEWITT(1828-1893) Album titled "Rays of Sunlight from South America" containing 60 photographs of South America, comprising 38 picturesque views of public edifices, monuments, churches, and gardens in Lima, Peru, as well as an additional 32 images of the Chincha Islands, with a focus on the guano industry. Albumen prints, each approximately 6 3/4x8 7/8 inches (17.2x22.5 cm.), and the reverse, each with Gardner and Moulton's printed credit, the publisher's credit, the album title, and a caption, on mount recto. Oblong folio, gilt-pictorial leather with a contemporary backstrip, corners lightly worn; marbled end papers; all edges gilt. 1865
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