4974 - 5211 FINE ARTS - PHOTOGRAPHS
= I.a. views of Vitznau and the Gotthardbahn.
= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLVIII.
AND 3 other albumen prints by Taber, all signed and titled in lower margin: "Chinese butcher and Grocery Shop (...)." (19,1x24 cm.); "Grand dining Room of the Chinese Restaurant (...)." (19x24,1 cm.); "Chinese Restaurant (...)." (20,1x12,4 cm., laid down on mount).
= All taken in Chinatown, San Francisco.
AND 15 other photographs incl. a few portraits of western men in Japan and children playing Japanese instruments, ±1900, various sizes, mainly anonymous, some mounted onto board.
- Upper blank margin sl. browned.
= Marie Kalff (1874-1959) was a Dutch actress who moved to Paris to work at several theaters.
AND 6 other portraits of young women, all 19,9x15 cm., 5x handcol., all signed w. photographer's studio stamp "Rotophot Berlin" in left/ right corner of print, all mounted onto board.
= Incl. five portraits each depicting a month w. caption in Dutch in the top right corner of the print; "April", "Juli", "Augustus", "September", "Oktober". The other print shows a young girl w. a bow in her hair.
= I.a. several views of The Grand Palace (Bangkok), a river, several marches near temples, the interior of a temple, a group portrait, and three postcards w. portraits of King Chulalongkorn and Queen Saovabha Phongsri.
= With label of galerie Maria Chailloux on verso.
- Sl. faded.
= Guillaume Bergren was a Swedish photographer capturing Constantinople and the Ottoman Empire from the second half of the 19th cent. onwards. Having his own studio in a busy street in Constantinople, he earned money by selling postcards of w. his work. Berggren was mostly interested in portraying the life of the working class.
AND 11 other albumen prints by Berggren, various sizes, i.a. of the Bosporus, Constantinople, Sarýyer and Yenimahalle (partly sl. faded, one w. (water)stain in top left).
- Sl. faded and foxed; upper half not attached to mount.
= Pascal Sébah was an Ottoman photographer born in Constantinople, where he opened a studio in 1857 mainly selling his photographs to tourists. After his passing, his son J.P. Sébah continued to work in the studio.
AND five other mounted albumen prints by Sébah, various sizes, i.a. of the Bosphorus, the Fountain of Sultan Ahmed III and Rumelihisarý (partly sl. faded, one w. small tear in print). - ADDED: 19 photographs of Turkey, various techniques (mostly albumen), various sizes, mainly anonymous, one by GÜLMEZ FRÈRES (partly sl. faded).
= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLIX.
= Provenance: the consignor's mother-in-law received the photograph directly from the photographer. She worked together with Witkin during the nineties in Mexico City, where he resided during that time.
- One album large (water)stain on frontcover.
= Remarkable collection of photographs from various locations at the warfront (both East and West) as well as the hinterland. Seemingly taken from a German perspective, most photographs show German troops in action, French and British prisoners of war, German officers and high officials (incl. Kaiser Wilhelm) and their allies from i.a. Turkey and Bulgaria. Some of the captions also disclose a somewhat pro-German point of view (i.a. "Laatste opname van Generaal-Veldmaarschalk von Eichhorn in Kiëf (Oekraine) vergezeld van zijn Adjudant Hauptmann von Dressler, die beiden het slachtoffer werden van door Engelsch geld omgekochte moordenaars"). Also contains a few images from the German colonies in Eastern Africa. Possibly forming the photographic archive of one or more war-photographers.
- Sl. creased and chipped; a few sm. tears in margins.
AND 4 other press photographs showing the artist in his atelier, by Studio Craven (2x) and Van Noppen (2x). - ADDED: 7 others, incl. 3 press photographs showing Ed Hoornik in his library (retouched w. white) and the artist Rik Slabbinck in his atelier (2x).
= The Zangaki brothers were a Greek duo that mainly photographed in and around Egypt. They were active between 1870-1890 and sold their photographs to tourists. Very little is known about the brothers. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLVIII.
= Mostly portraits of children, but also some city views and public figures. Some companies: Bensdorp's Chocolade, Bölger's, De Jong's, Kraepelien & Holm's, Meijer, Van Veen's Thee.
AND 1 other "Zwartjes" album with ±120 similar photographs, by various companies, i.a. actresses, children, and some public figures.
