October 19, 2010
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 2226 - Fine Photographs & Select Photobooks - begins at 1:30pm in New York on Tues, Oct 19. All material in Sale 2226 on display at our premises in New York City, 104 East 25th Street, as follows - Thurs, Oct 14: 10am to 6pm - Fri, Oct 15: 10am to 6pm - Sat, Oct 16: 10am to 4pm - Mon, Oct 18: 10am to 6pm - Tues, Oct 19: 10am to Noon.
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Lot 1: (JAPAN) Artful album containing 54 photographs depicting sublime landscapes, street scenes and charming occupationals,
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Description: (JAPAN) Artful album containing 54 photographs depicting sublime landscapes, street scenes and charming occupationals, including studies of temples, architecture, geishas and tradesmen. Hand-colored mounted albumen prints, 46 measuring approximately 8x10 inches (20.3x25.4 cm.), and the reverse, and 8 measuring approximately 3 1/2x5 1/2 inches (8.9x14 cm.), most with the original tissue guards, many with the caption in English and inventory number in the negative. Oblong folio, elaborate black lacquer covers depicting laborers in a marshy landscape with gilt highlights and ivory inlay; gilt-lettered leather backstrip; all edges gilt; two pages detached; in the original cloth-covered box, side panels detached. Circa 1890
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Lot 2: (JAPAN) Beautiful album containing 50 views, including geishas, lush landscapes,
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Description: (JAPAN) Beautiful album containing 50 views, including geishas, lush landscapes, studies of gardens and temples, street scenes, occupationals and grand views. Hand-colored mounted albumen prints, each approximately 8x10 inches (20.3x25.4 cm), and the reverse, with the original tissue guards, many with the caption in English and inventory number in the negative. Oblong folio, ornate black lacquer covers depicting a women and child with ivory and mother of pearl inlay, a gilt landscape and lotus blossoms; all edges gilt; in the original cloth-covered box. Circa 1890
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Lot 3: O'SULLIVAN, TIMOTHY (1840-1882) "North Folk Cañon, Sierra Blanca Creek, Arizona."
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Description: O'SULLIVAN, TIMOTHY (1840-1882) "North Folk Cañon, Sierra Blanca Creek, Arizona." Albumen print, 8x10 3/4 inches (20.3x27.3 cm.), on the original Wheeler Survey two-toned mount, with O'Sullivan's printed credit, title, plate number and the Expedition credit on mount recto. 1873
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Lot 4: HAYNES, F. JAY (1853-1921) "Gardner Canyon, Electric Peak."
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Description: HAYNES, F. JAY (1853-1921) "Gardner Canyon, Electric Peak." Mammoth albumen print, 17 1/4x21 1/2 inches (43.8x54.6 cm.), with Haynes's credit, title and number "3107," in the negative. Circa 1880
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Lot 5: BELL, WILLIAM (1830-1910) "Grand Canon [sic], Colorado River, Mouth of Kanab Wash, Looking West."
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Description: BELL, WILLIAM (1830-1910) "Grand Canon [sic], Colorado River, Mouth of Kanab Wash, Looking West." Albumen print, 10 3/4x8 inches (27.3x20.3 cm.), mounted to a later board with a gilt border; with the title, in pencil, in an unknown hand, an Eastman Historical Photographic Collection hand stamp and a deaccession notation on mount verso. 1872
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