4974 - 5211 FINE ARTS - PHOTOGRAPHS
= Several photographs of the "Droogdok Maatschappij Soerabaja" (all 9x30 cm.) and ships in the harbour. Also incl. several views of towns and surroundings, i.a. Cirebon, Garut, Mount Ijen, Papandayan, Probolingo, Tosari, Tarutung.
- Top right corner chipped, dam. along edges. = With a smoking Mount Vesuvius in the background.
AND ±50 other photographs, first quarter 20th cent., various techniques, various sizes, some mounted onto board, some w.caption, i.a. of Capri, Milan, Pompeii, Rome and Venice.
- All prints in fine condition. The binding sl. foxed and worn/ dam.; top of spine dam.
= Rich collection of prints, i.a. "Napoli Panorama", "Villa del Populo", "Panorama del Molo", "Via Roma" (2x), "S.a Lucia", "Villa Nazionale", "Riviera di Chiaia", "Posilipo", (Crypta Neapolitana), "Nisida", "Pozzuoli", "Tempio de Serapide", "Castello d'Ischia", "Capri Marina", "Capri Faraglioni", (View of Amalfi, with a Franciscan monk in the foreground), "Sorrento, da Capodimonte", "Casa di Tasso Sorrento", (the Spaghetti Eaters) and several albumen prints of the Vesuvius.
= Views of Rome and Pompeii, i.a. Amphitheatre of Pompeii, Baths of Caracalla, Cloaca Maxima, Tarpeian Rock and Via Appia.
= Several impressive mountain views and picturesque landscapes, i.a. (Isola dei Pescatori), (the Three Sacred Fountains of Travoi), (Panorama of Merano), (Lake Maggiore), (View of Travoi), (Grand Hotel Karersee), (Hotel Tre Croci with Monte Tofano in the background), (View of Menaggio and Lake Como), (Stelvio Pass) and views of the Alps, Bellagio, Bolzano, Bormio, the Dolomites, Lugano and Stelvio.
AND a contemp. red leather blindst. album titled "Roma" w. 18 mounted albumen prints, ±1900.
- Partly sl. faded.
= Several views of buildings and streets in Rome, i.a. Saint Peter's Basilica, the Colosseum, the Pantheon, the River Tiber with in the distance Saint Peter's Basilica, Trinità dei Monti, Piazza del Campidoglio, Trevi Fountain, Foro Romano, Arch of Titus, Arch of Constantine, the Lateran Basilica, Pyramid of Caius Cestius.
= I.a. (Piazza Caricamento, Genoa), (Piazza Dante, Verona), (Riviera di Ponente, Alassio), (The bay of Portovenere), (Campo Santo, Genoa), (Children posing in the Truogoli di Santa Brigida, Genoa), (A busy square in front of the Chiesa di San Petro in Banchi, Genoa), (The Port of Genoa), (A woman and her donkey in the streets of Genoa) and views of Camogli, Nervi, Pegli, San Remo, Siena and Ventimiglia.
- Some sl. faded around the edges.
= I.a. (A woman posing in front of a painted landscape), (Chiesa di San Michele, Lucca), (The big waterfall, Tivoli), (Cathedral in Siena), (Piazza della Madonna, Loreto), (People standing in front of Palazzo Bevilacqua Ariosti, Bologna), (Panorama of Bologna), (Tomb of Mastino, Verona) and views of Ancona, Brescia, Livorno, Padova, Parma and Pistoa.
= I.a. views of Rome incl. the Vatican, Via Appia, Foro Romano, the Colosseum and the Tiber.
= I.a. (Men in gondola with San Giorgio Maggiore in the background), (Saint Mark's Basilica, Venice), (An empty railwaystation in Milan), (Galleria Vittorio Emmanuel, Milan), (Palazzo Pretorio, Florence), (A woman walking down steps balancing a vase on her head, Perugia) and (A view of Triest with boats in the foreground) and views of Pavia, Torino and Umbria.
- Scene and photographer identified in pencil on verso mount.
- All w. a few hinges between the photographs broken.
- With a few scratches.
= Portrait of modern Japanese Kabuki performers, a theatre form that originates from the early years of the Edo period.
= Aizu Yaichi (1881-1956) was a Japanese calligrapher, historian, and poet. The portrait Hamaya took of Yaichi remains one of his most popular works. Hiroshi Hamaya was the first Japanese photographer to join Magnum Photos in 1960.
Contains the following photographs: (Climbing sand slope with cane) (1947) (30,1x20 cm.), (Standing amid dune brush, cane nearby) (1947) (36x24 cm.), (Looking at weighted-down blank sheet) (1947) (29,9x20 cm.), (With calligraphy brush in hand) (1947) (30x20 cm.), (Example of calligraphy) (1948) (24x35,9 cm.), (Close-up of calligraphy brush in hand) (1950) (24x16 cm.), (Working on drawing, surrounded by materials) (1950) (30x20 cm.), (Completed work shown in progress) (1950) (9x35,9 cm.), (Adding stamps by calligraphy) (1950) (24x16 cm.), (Looking at sheets of calligraphy) (1950) (35,9x24 cm.), (Close-up portrait) (1950) (36x24 cm.), (Time exposure, writing with light) (1950) (36x24 cm.).
- A few photographs are partly sl. faded.
= Incl. some rare views of Nagasaki before the destruction of the city caused by the atomic bomb in 1945, i.a. Dejima, (the Dutch Trading post), some views of the port, The Bellevue Hotel, and Takabokojima. Also incl. views of Mount Fuji and Kyoto, and several portraits of women in traditional costume.
AND ±75 loose photographs, ±1930, various sizes (between 7x4 cm. and 11x15 cm.), of Japanese soldiers, school children, women in traditional costume and family portraits.
= I.a. "Iris garden near Yokohama", "Planting rice", "Kago, travelling chair Hakone Road" and portraits of young boys.
AND nine mounted albumen prints, all group portraits, ±1890-1910, each ±20x26 cm, i.a. a class w. children, staff of a shop and Japanese women in traditional costumes (partly sl. faded).
- A few photographs are partly sl. faded. Some covers sl. foxed.
= Incl. a few cabinet cards. Mostly group portraits in front of temples, schools, and other institutions. Some photographs are in covers w. photographers mark blindst. on recto. Some are also accompanied by text on the covers or recto of the photograph.
- Two photographs w. cut in left margin of the image; photographs occas. loose(ning). Nevertheless in near fine condition.
= This dummy is almost identical to the publication Kalypso & Nausikaä (Amst., 2004), only without the text and with a few small changes in the order of the contact prints. This dummy provides a good insight in the production process of Kando's iconic photographic story of the chapters 'Kalypso' and 'Nausikaä' from Homer's Odyssee, an early photo-graphic story with and for children. This lot is subject to 4% resale royalties ('droit de suite') over the total amount of hammerprice and buyer's premium.
