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Two pictures of Swiss villages

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Two pictures of Swiss villages

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Estim. 100 - 200 EUR

[Photography] Spain and Italy, two albums Both early 20th cent., all sm. silver gelatine prints. (1) Album of approx. 85 photos of Spain. Most topographical views of incl. a.o. Granada (and the Alhambra palace) and Ronda. Incl. a few pictures of a bull fight. (2) Album of approx. 100 photos of Italy. Most topographical views of incl. a.o. mountain villages and Venice. (total 2)

Estim. 6 000 - 8 000 EUR

Menzel, Adolph von Breslau 1815 - Berlin 1915 15 x 18 cm „Zwei lachende Mägde mit Geschirr und Hausrat; im Hintergrund schimpfend der Dorfrichter Adam“. Pen in black, grey wash/cardboard, signed upper left. Preparatory drawing to the series of 30 illustrations for Heinrich von Kleists edition of Der zerbrochene Krug. Mit 30 Illustrationen und 4 Photographien nach Original-Compositionen von Adolph Menzel, Berlin, A. Hofmann & Co., 1877. Southern German private collection. Menzel normally drew directly on the woodblock, so that his drawing was lost when cutting. But for nine of the illustrations for the comedy Der zerbrochene Krug, he tried out a new method: transferring a pen and ink drawing on white paper to the woodblock by means of photography. The results were disappointing, however, so he returned to the well-tried method. This is documented by a report he wrote himself on the creation of this series of illustrations, which also lists the individual sheets in question, including the headpiece for the Second Act. So far, two of these nine pen and ink drawings have been documented; this one is now the third. We are grateful to Dr. Claude Keisch, Berlin, for helpful information and for confirming the drawing's authenticity on the basis of photographs.

Estim. 3 000 - 4 000 EUR

CHINA - Late 19th century Two albums of photographs, one comprising forty-eight and the other forty-three albumen photographs, mostly depicting views of Canton (Guangzhou) and its surroundings: - French Consulate in Canton (Guangzhou) on Shamian Island - Tack Loong porcelain merchants (largest export porcelain store) - Cheong Loong merchants selling candied ginger by Edward Bangs Drew (1843 - 1924), 1893 - Inauguration of the Canton to Hangkou railroad by the American Yueh Han Tilu Company, 1901 - Views of Chigang Pagoda and Pazhou Pagoda - Views of the Pearl River in Huangpu - View of the Zhuang yuan fang clothing accessories shopping district - Huangpu old village quay - Eastern gateway to Canton (Guangzhou) - Canton's eastern military training ground (Guangzhou) - Zhenhai Tower - Liang Garden in Foshan - Gaoyao County Government - Jesuit missionaries in front of Canton's Sacred Heart Cathedral (Guangzhou) - Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Canton (Guangzhou) - Studio views of women and opium smokers, portraits of mandarin and women Photo size 19.9 x 26 cm

Estim. 60 - 80 EUR

Set of thirty-two silver prints featuring landscapes, animals, villages and local people (8.5x14cm format).

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