Description
Gustave LE GRAY (1820-1884). Mediterranean Sea, Cette (Sète), ca. 1857. Albumen print from collodion glass negative, unsigned, N° 8517. On the back, number and "Collection DUCHESNE". Format : 40,5 x 30,5 cm. (very slight traces of folds). Note: - A similar visual is kept in the Department of Prints and Photography of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France. Bibliography: 1 - Gustave Le Gray 1820-1884, L'émotion photographique, Collection du Musée des Beaux-Arts de Troyes, France, 2002. 2 - Gustave Le Gray 1820-1884, under the direction of Sylvie Aubenas, exhibition at the BNF, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Gallimard, Paris, 2002. 3 - Eugenia Parry Janis, The Photography of Gustave Le Gray, The Art Institute of Chicago and the University of Chicago Press, 1987. Expert : Isabelle CAZEILS
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Gustave LE GRAY (1820-1884). Mediterranean Sea, Cette (Sète), ca. 1857. Albumen print from collodion glass negative, unsigned, N° 8517. On the back, number and "Collection DUCHESNE". Format : 40,5 x 30,5 cm. (very slight traces of folds). Note: - A similar visual is kept in the Department of Prints and Photography of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France. Bibliography: 1 - Gustave Le Gray 1820-1884, L'émotion photographique, Collection du Musée des Beaux-Arts de Troyes, France, 2002. 2 - Gustave Le Gray 1820-1884, under the direction of Sylvie Aubenas, exhibition at the BNF, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Gallimard, Paris, 2002. 3 - Eugenia Parry Janis, The Photography of Gustave Le Gray, The Art Institute of Chicago and the University of Chicago Press, 1987. Expert : Isabelle CAZEILS
