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LOT 316

Lot 316

Bisson Freres (Auguste-Rosalie Freres) (1826-1900) & Louis-Auguste Freres (1814-1876)

Bisson Freres (Auguste-Rosalie Freres) (1826-1900) & Louis-Auguste Freres (1814-1876)
Lot 316 Details
Bisson Freres (Auguste-Rosalie Freres) (1826-1900) & Louis-Auguste Freres (1814-1876), French

MEDICI FOUNTAIN, GARDENS OF THE PALACE OF LUXEMBOURG, PARIS

Albumen print mounted on stiff paper; stamped “Bisson Freres” in black ink to the mount, “Photographes de S.M. L’Empereur” blindstamp bottom center. Matted and unframed.
Image 13.6" x 17.1" — 34.5 x 43.5 cm.; 17.9" x 22.6" — 45.5 x 57.5 cm.

Estimate $1,000-$1,500

Realised: $960
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

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Literature:

An example of this large and important print is featured in “After Daguerre: Masterworks of French Photography (1848-1900) from The Bibliotheque Nationale” published by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1981, cat. no. 20

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