December 11, 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 2298 - Fine Photographs & Photobooks - begins at 1:30pm in New York on Tues, December 11. All material in Sale 2298 on display at our premises in New York City, 104 East 25th Street, as follows - Thurs, Dec 6: 10am to 6pm - Fri, Dec 7: 10am to 6pm - Sat, Dec 8: Noon to 5pm - Mon, Dec 10: 10am to 6pm - Tues, Dec 11: 10am to Noon.
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Lot 1: FRITH, FRANCIS (1822-1898) Group of 15 photographs of Egypt, including landscapes and ruins, many with human figures.
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Description: FRITH, FRANCIS (1822-1898) Group of 15 photographs of Egypt, including landscapes and ruins, many with human figures. Albumen prints, each approximately 9x6 1/4 inches (22.9x15.9 cm.), and the reverse, flush mounted to card; each with Frith's signature in the negative, and one with the location and date. Circa 1857-1859
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Lot 2: (HOLY LAND & GREECE) bonfils, felix Album with 34 photographs, including "The Wailing Wall," comprising 19 of Palestine, Egypt & Syria,
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Description: (HOLY LAND & GREECE) bonfils, felix/span Album with 34 photographs, including "The Wailing Wall," comprising 19 of Palestine, Egypt & Syria, many attributed to Bonfils, plus 15 of Greece and Corfu by an unidentified photographer. Albumen prints, most are 7x9 inches (17.8x22.9 cm.), or the reverse, each with a handwritten caption on mount recto. Oblong folio, gilt-pictorial and lettered morocco, front cover and several leaves detached; all edges gilt. 1879
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Lot 3: (EGYPT) antonio beato (circa 1832-1906) Binder containing 75 largely unmounted photographs of ancient Egyptian sites in various sizes a
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Description: (EGYPT) antonio beato (circa 1832-1906)/span Binder containing 75 largely unmounted photographs of ancient Egyptian sites in various sizes and formats, many by Beato, with 16 additional 20th-century snapshots of tourists posing at these same ancient locations more than 100 years later. Albumen (66) and silver (9) prints, 14x10 inches (35.6x25.4 cm.), and smaller, though most are 9x7 inches (22.9x17.8 cm.), and the reverse, 26 with Beato's signature in the negative; plus 16 chromogenic prints of an American family "in situ," in addition to an albumen print of a French industrial exposition. 1880s-1900s
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Lot 4: (EGYPT) sébah, pascal An album titled "Egypt, Vol. I,"
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Description: (EGYPT) sébah, pascal/span An album titled "Egypt, Vol. I," with 44 photographs, many architectural, including the Pyramids and palaces, plus studies of local residents, statuary, camels (including a skeleton), and ancient ruins. Albumen prints, sizes ranging from 5 7/8x8 to 10 3/8x13 3/4 inches (14.9x20.3 to 26.4x34 cm.), and the reverse, 16 with Sébah's credit, the title, and the negative number, and 10 with just the title and negative number, in the negative; several with later captions, on mount recto. Oblong folio, gilt-lettered leather, lightly worn. Circa 1880
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Lot 5: SALZMANN, AUGUSTE (1824-1872) Jerusalem.
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Description: SALZMANN, AUGUSTE (1824-1872) Jerusalem. Salted paper print, 13x9 1/4 inches (33x23.5 cm.), mounted, with the number 86, in the negative. 1856
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