Lot 6
  • 6

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Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 EUR
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Description

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  • Scène pornographique, vers 1850
Daguerréotype stéréoscopique, partiellement colorié. Dans son passe-partout d'origine, montage récent.



Stereoscopic daguerreotype with touches of hand-colouring. Recently re-mounted.

Provenance

Collection Uwe Scheid

Exhibited

Cologne, Agfa Foto-Historama/ Museum Ludwig, 1989.

Literature

Bodo von Dewitz/ Reinhard Matz (éd.), Silber und Salz. Zur Frühzeit der Photographie im deutschen Sprachraum 1839-1860, cat. expo. Agfa Foto-Historama, Cologne et alii., Cologne/ Heidelberg, Braus, 1989, ill. p. 490.

Condition

En très bon état. La plaque de gauche avec de très légères oxydations vers les bords gauche et supérieurs et des légères rayures dans la partie supérieure droite et près du bord supérieur. La plaque de droite avec de très légères oxydations au bord droite, autrement excellent. Das le passe-partout d'origine. Nouveau montage assez récent. In very good condition. The left plate on with very slight oxidations towards the left and upper edges and faint scratches in the upper right area and near the upper edge. The right plate has light oxydation at the right edge, otherwise in excellent condition. Very beautifully coloured. In its original black paper passepartout, recently re-mounted.
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