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Baron Adolf de Meyer
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
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Description
- Baron Adolf de Meyer
- 'DOLORES'
- Toned gelatin silver print
warm-toned, mounted, the number '115' in pencil on the mount, together with a backboard with typed credit, publication, and caption label with numerical notations in pencil and ink, circa 1919 (De Meyer, pl. 33, presumably this print)
Provenance
Robert Brandau, the editor of the volume De Meyer (New York, 1976)
Acquired by the Gilman Paper Company from the above, 1979
Sotheby's New York, Important Photographs from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Including Works from The Gilman Paper Company Collection, 15 February 2006, Sale 8165, Lot 43
Condition
This warm-toned vintage print on matte-surface paper is in generally excellent condition. There is slight rubbing at the lower print edge. There is a 1 3/4-inch tape remnant on the board below the image and faint edge marks on the upper area of board from removed tapes. There is very slight soiling on the board, which is annotated in an unidentified hand in ink on reverse: '#33 pg. 115.' This refers to the plate and page of the Brandau book.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
This photograph by De Meyer, Vogue's first full-time staff photographer, was reproduced in the May 1, 1919, issue with the following caption: 'Eager-eyed from under her bridal veil, she gazes in the fortune-telling crystal, hoping to see her dreams there in the clear yet mystery-filled glass. Fastening the draping veil of rose point lace are jeweled wings of platinum set solidly with diamonds and only Cartier could have devised the flexible setting.'