19-20 June 2015 AuctionDocumentary Photography

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auction@romanticagony.com +32 25441055 brussels 19-20 June 2015

“It is important to bear in mind that documentary is an approach rather than an end”. “The documentary approach does not stop with the print... Presentation is a vital part of

documentary photography. The photography is not valid as a document until it is places inrelationship to the beholder’s experience. It is paradoxical that, although a photograph maybe better than a thousand words, the addition of one or two words make it even more con-crete and forceful”.

“The documentary photographer is not a mere technician. Nor is he an artist for art’s sake.His results are picturial reports... First and foremost he is a visualizer... he reads history... forthis reason his pictures will have a different, and more vital quality.”

(Beaumont Newhall, Documentary Approach to Photography, Parnassus, 1938).

DocumentAry PhotogrAPhytwo DAys Auction: 19 June 2015 At 2 Pm

AnD 20 June 2015 At 2 Pm

viewing: PAris, 5, rue Du Perche 03.06 / 08.06.2015

brussels, 40, rue De l’AqueDuc 12.06 / 18.06.2015

online Auction with Drouotlive.com

PrinteD cAtAlogues cAn be Pre-orDereD the romAntic Agony, 40 rue de l’Aqueduc+32 25441055 auction@romanticagony.comeach : 10 euros (20 euros with postal delivery)

“But the documentary approach does not stop with the print... Presentation is a vital part ofdocumentary photography. The photography is not valid as a document until it is placed inrelationship to the beholder’s experience. It is paradoxical that, although a photograph maybe better than a thousand words, the addition of one or two words make it even more con-crete and forceful. Thus when Le Secq signed his negative “Chartres 1852” he immediatelygave the photograph an increased value as a document”

(Beaumont Newhall, Documentary Approach to Photography, Parnassus, March 1938, p.4).

Principles of Description and Due Diligence

• the cataloguing principles used have been specially established to describe thehistory and stigma of authentic positive photographic prints, pictures and not im-ages or late editions. when comparable prints were accessible, the lots offeredin this auction have been compared in quality and priority.

• the identifications have been carefully checked, when a print could not be at-tributed, there is an indication of the society where its creator lived.

• the provenance and legitim origin of every lot have been carefully checked inorder to propose to the buyers a peaceful enjoyment of their properties.

• the following cataloguing order is adopted:

• Name of the photographer or atelier, followed by the dates,

• Title, in italic when given by the photographer, with the geographical locationand date of production of the print, the abbreviation “c.” means “circa”,

• Material description, photographic process, dimensions of the print (never themount) in mm, height before width, signatures, stamps and captions,

• Comments, quotes, history of publications and eventual exhibitions,

• Estimations, the low and high estimates are separated by one or two bids in-creases. The reserve corresponds to one bid under the low estimate. For example,when lot 14 has an estimation of 800/1.000 euros, orders and commissions willbe accepted from 700 euros, level where the auction will start.

Serge Plantureux

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Auction 56 contents (first DAy)

before Photography, mona lisa, martens lots 1-10

Daguerreotypes 11-21

calotypes 22-42

charles nègre 43-47

baldus, bisson, marville 48-63

gustave le gray 64-65

golden Age of Photography 68-99

commune de Paris 100-108

A. gilles’ Panorama of Paris 119-120

galerie contemporaine, rogues gallery 121-122

Platinotypes, hippolyte blancard 123-134

vincent van gogh 135-136

eugène Atget 147-148

travels to moscow and samarkand 156-168

Arthur grenier’s Deauville 172-178

Arnold genthe 189-194

hedwig Arnheim, bauhaus Avant-garde 197-205

robert capa, moses nappelbaum 206-209

tokyo in the 1930’s 217-229

henri cartier-bresson 255-256

brassaï for michel braive 259

19-20 June 2015 at 2 pmDocumentary Photographyviewing: Paris, 5, rue du Perche 03.06/ 08.06.2015

brussels, 40, rue de l’Aqueduc 12.06/ 18.06.2015

auction 56 Lot 1

[leonArDo DA vinci] mona lisa (in reverse), munich, eduard clemens fechner, 1823

Lithograph printed with grey tone plate, 435x320 mm, captioned : “Leonardo da Vinci pinx,Gedruckt von Jos. Selb, Fechner del.” ( Königlich Baierischer gemälde-Saal zu München undSchleissheim in Steindruck). € 300/400

auction 56 Lot 2

[leonArDo DA vinci] La Joconde, dessinée et gravée par Mme A. Fauchery, Paris, goupil, 1842Engraving, 298x200 mm, grey bordure, large margins, 550x400 mm.

“Madame Fauchery a lithographié la Joconde. Que de Jocondes, grands dieux ! que de Jo-condes !“ (Beraldi, 1887). La célèbre maison goupil va en publier d’autres. € 300/400

auction 56 Lot 3

[leonArDo DA vinci] Aubry-lecomtemona lisa (in reverse), lithographié par Aubry-lecomte, Paris, 1824

Lithographic print, 294x194 mm, large margins, 425x315 mm, printed caption: Imprimeriede C. Constans.

€ 300/400

auction 56 Lot 4

[leonArDo DA vinci ] Aubry-lecomteMona Lisa moglie di Francesco del Giocondo, lithographié par Aubry-lecomte, berlin, 1824

Lithographic print, 294x194 mm, with larges margins, 565x430 mm, “Aubry-Lecomte 1824,Königl. Lith. Institut in Berlin”, pencil inscription in lower margin.

€ 300/400

auction 56 Lot 5

[leonArDo DA vinci] lorichonmona lisa, Paris, 1827Lithographic print on thin paper, “papier de chine”, 122x85 mm, leaf with margins,260x200mm, credit : C. Lorichon. € 400/500

auction 56 Lot 6

[leonArDo DA vinci ] eichensLa Joconde, lithographiée par Hermann Eichens, Paris, 1841

Lithographic print, 335x222 mm, with large margins, 448x315 mm, printed captions: Im-primerie Lemercier Benard & Cie.

This work was exhibited at the Paris Salon, 1841.€ 300/400

auction 56 Lot 7

[leonArDo DA vinci] mlle bès, AllAis & constAntJocondes, Paris, 1824-1840Three (3) lithographic prints (in re-verse), 262x200 mm (Bès), 195x145mm (allais, Durand), 220x190 mm(Belliard, Constant).

Three candid interpretations. Miss Bès’is among the earliest, cf. Bibliographiede la France, ou, Journal général del'imprimerie, 1824, p.101

(3) € 400/500

auction 56 Lot 8

[leonArDo DA vinci] cAlAmAttAmona lisa, deux états, 1829-1857Two (2) engravings, 378x275 mm.

Two interesting states of the lifelong attemptby italian artist Luigi Calamatta (1801-1868)to engrave the best possible enigmatic MonaLisa. He received the gold medal in Paris,1855, for Prix de gravure. (2) € 500/600

auction 56 Lot 9

[leonArDo DA vinci], gAillArDmona lisa, gravée par gaillard, 1887Steel engraving, 403x320 mm, “état de laplanche à la mort de l’artiste”, numbered.

Posthumous incompleted print in an editionof 125 copies (n°99). € 300/400

auction 56 Lot 10

fréDéric mArtens (1806-1885) Panorama von Paris, panoramic view 360°, Paris, c. 1834

Handcoloured aquatint, 510x990 mm, printed caption + original tube with label.

a very rare intact complete printed sheet with both panoramic views after Jean-PhilippeSchmidt, one from Chaillot (top of the page) and the other from the Notre-Dame bell towers,tête-bêche. (Cf. georg Kaspar Nagler, Neues allgemeines Künstler-Lexicon: oder Nachrichtenvon dem Leben, München, 1839, iX, p. 354). € 1.500/2.000

auction 56 Lot 11

JosePh-Philibert girAult De PrAngey (1804-1892)Palais de France, Bas-relief, louxor, 1844

Half plate daguerrotype, 183x116 mm, original manuscript label at verso “ 164. Louksor, Basrel. (Palais de France)”.

interesting composition, depending of the incident light, the bas-relief shape disapears in awall made of blocks of stone. Repr. Luminous Lint. Provenance: Christie’s - Ny (Sale: 2396,Lot: 53 - oct 7, 2010.

€ 8.000/10.000

auction 56 Lot 12

hiPPolyte fizeAu (1819–1896)N° 1, lundi 7 août, Paris rooftop (st sulpice), 1843

Daguerrian plate subtly engraved by the effect of a complex acid, 40x80 mm, drypoint indi-cations by the artist, verso “lundi 7 août, n°1”.

a small gem, Paris Roofstop from a young student’s window, a direct reflection in a goldeneye from the very first years of the discovery. a talented student who first calculated the speedof light then improved daguerreotype quality adding gold elements. Fizeau wrote the date ofexperiment “n°1” with a drypoint, august 7th, 1843 is a Monday indeed. Soon he will bringhis new idea to the Paris scientific audience :

armand Hippolyte Fizeau, etudiant en medecine a Paris, 17, rue du Cherche-Midi, a deposele 12 septembre 1843 a 2 heures du soir : “Monsieur le Ministre, J'ai l'honneur de vous prierde vouloir bien m'accorder un brevet d'invention de dix annees pour un procede de gravurephotographique dont je suis l'inventeur ... Le procede repose sur les faits suivants que j'aidecouverts : 1). Un acide mixte etant verse sur une image de Daguerre attaque l'argent puravec formation de chlorure, mais l'action s'arrete bientot.”

Provenance: Pierre Lambert, Marie-Therese et andre Jammes (Vente ii, n°41), collection Jean-Pierre Faur. € 5.000/6.000

actual size

auction 56 Lot 13

fortuné JosePh Petiot-groffier (1788-1855)self-portrait in his studio, 7’, châtenoy-le-royal near châlon-sur-saône, July 1841Daguerreotype, 1/2 plate, 162x110 mm.

one of the earliest documented European photographic self-portraits, July 1841. Provenance:Fortuné Petiot-groffier, Marie-Thérèse et andré Jammes. € 8.000/10.000

auction 56 Lot 14

french AmAteur DAguerreotyPistblazing sun, balcony Portrait, Paris c. 1845

1/6 plate daguerreotype, 40x80 mm, original mount and white paper.

in the first years of photography, on shiny days, Parisian amateur photographers typicallytransformed the the upper floors balconies in improvised studios. € 800/1.000

auction 56 Lot 15

AlPhonse Plumier (1819-1877)studio Portrait of a young belgian with spectacles, liège or brussels, c. 1845

1/4 plate daguerreotype, 100x77 mm, original mount with Plumier bros printed label:“Breveté SM Le Roi des Belges, à Liege, à Bruxelles, à Paris”. alphonse Plumier, after learningthe art with Charles Chevalier, first settled in rue Vivienne, Paris.

€ 1.500/2.000

auction 56 Lot 16

circle of JAmes PrADier (1790-1852) lemAire & s. mArchithree Pradier sculptures to be viewed in 3D, Paris, 1853

Three (3) stereo daguerreotypes, green printed label :“Toutes les épreuves non revêtues dema signature seront considérées comme contrefaçon, attendu que j’ai seul le droit de repro-duire tous les modèles des œuvres de Pradier, Mr S. Marchi est l’éditeur propriétaire“ (allphotographs not covered with my signature are considered as counterfeit, whereas only ihave the right to reproduce all models of artworks of Pradier, Mr. S. Marchi is editor, owner)..

antoine Louis Lemaire, an opticien Fabricant, 32 Passage du Saumon, Paris, invented thePolyorama Panoptique. Provenance: Mme Pradier, collection Marie-Thérèse et andré Jammes,collection Jean-Pierre Faur.

(3) € 2.500/3.000

auction 56 Lot 17

circle of JAcques Augustin DieuDonné (1795-1873)Alexandre le Grand terrassant le lion, Paris, Jardin des tuileries, salon de 1843

Half plate daguerreotype, 163x122 mm, mark on the plate : “40 b”.

Rare document on the outdoor sculptures exhibition during the Salon de 1843, in the Tuileriesgardens. in 1843, few photographers could realize such an handsome plate. This sculpturewon Dieudonné his first award, a third class medal in 1843 for the plaster, and then the Crossof Knight of the Legion of Honor awarded June 29, 1867, and the final bronze alexanderSlaying the Lion finally acquired by the Second Empire (Cf. Wilhelm Tenint, Album du Salonde 1843, et Revue Artistique et Littéraire, 1867). € 4.000/5.000

auction 56 Lot 18

luis gArciA heviA (1819-1877) attr.Portrait of a wealthy man, bogotá, c. 1845

Quarter plate daguerreotype, 102x77 mm, original paper mount.

a similar presentation with paper can be found for some Luis garcia Hevia portraits in Colom-bian institutional collections. € 1.500/2.000

auction 56 Lot 19

luis gArciA heviA (1819-1877) attr.Portrait of a young colombian, bogotá, c. 1845

1/6 plate daguerreotype, 80x70 mm, with its original paper mount.

Similar general aspect and presentation of this portrait and the Luis garcia Hevia portraits inColombian institutional collections. € 1.500/2.000

auction 56 Lot 20

John Amstrong bennetPortrait of a colombian Patrician, bogotá, 1848

1/6 plate daguerreotype, signed on mount.

Bennet opened the first photographic studio in Colombia in 1848, after some practice inBuenos aires. He sold his studio in May 1849 to Enrique Price. € 1.500/2.000

auction 56 Lot 21

John Amstrong bennetPossibly, Portrait of gaspar bodmer, Jeweller, bogotá, 1848

1/6 plate daguerreotype, 78x68 mm, signed on the cloth in the case.

The identification of the sitter comes from a piece of silk behind theplate. Maybe Bodmer did provide daguerrian plates. € 1.500/2.000

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auction 56 Lot 23

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