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an old photo of a building with a windmill in the backgrounda picture of a group of old photos hanging on a wallan old photo of a plant growing in a gardenan old photo of a living room with a couch and pictures on the walla picture of a man and a woman posing for a picturea picture of a black and white photo of a bench in the woodstwo old black and white photos of a man in a suit and tietwo black and white photos of a windmill and a buildinga black and white photo of an old photo of a buildingseveral old black and white photos of people and buildings in a fielda picture of a group of old photos hanging on a wallmany pictures of people and buildings in this old photoan old photo of a group of people standing in front of a buildingan old photo of a group of people standing in front of a windmillmany people sitting on a bridge over a streama group of people standing in a field with their arms around each othera black and white photo of a man sitting in a chair playing a guitara picture of a snow covered street sign in the woods
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185 - UNIDENTIFIED FRENCH PHOTOGRAPHER
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Estimate €3,000 - €4,000
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UNIDENTIFIED FRENCH PHOTOGRAPHER MONTMARTRE, PARIS AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, 1899–1902. A substantial oblong folio album (28 x 40 cm), comprising approximately 600 silver gelatine and albumin prints, plus around twenty older prints on salted paper, glued on both sides of 78 plates. Period cardboard binding in poor condition, coming apart and fragile to handle. Handwritten captions in ink dated on paper labels glued to the mounts Most prints are well-contrasted and in good condition. Print sizes: 8 x 5 cm to 12 x 15.5 cm A fine collection of Montmartre views, including several of windmills: Entrance to the View from the Windmill, Old Mustard Mill in Montmartre, Galette Mill Galette, Interiors and exteriors of painters’ studios, Mr Ziem’s studio, Montmartre in the snow, ‘Le Lapin Agile’ cabaret, View from the mill, Beautiful studies of gardens in Montmartre, ‘A ma Campagne’ refreshment bar, The photographer’s , Woodcutters and Charcoal Burners in the Grange Woods, Studies from Life, Villecresnes, the River Yerre at Perigny, Jarcy Mill, Panoramic View of Montigny and the River Loing, The Fairy Pond, Barbizon Rock Studies of rocks, The Eiffel Tower under construction, Festivals in Neuilly, Pezon’s Menagerie featuring ‘La Goulue’, Military service, 14 July at the Fort de Vincennes, portraits of the photographer and his family, The funeral of Félix Faure…
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About the sale The Paul BENARROCHE Collection and others | Old and modern photographs | Part I
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Auction time 10/22/2026 at 2:00 PM
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