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[PALMYRE – MERMOZ] A RARE AND EXCEPTIONAL COLLECTION OF PHOT…
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[PALMYRE – MERMOZ] A RARE AND EXCEPTIONAL COLLECTION OF PHOT…
See original version (French)
Estimate €2,000 - €3,000
Voluntary lot
Description
[PALMYRE – MERMOZ] A RARE AND EXCEPTIONAL COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS, notably taken by Corporal Jean Mermoz between 1921 and 1923 during his stay...
Comprising 33 silver gelatin prints
10.8 x 16.5 cm
Hand-captioned on an orange-coloured cardboard mount as follows:
- ‘Euphrates Valley (photographic mission to Der-ez-Zor) (pilot: Cal. Mermoz; observer: Lt Azibert) (photo taken at an altitude of 2,000 metres) 17 May 1922’;
- ‘Euphrates Valley, 2,000 m. 17 May 1922’;
- ‘Der-ez-Zor on the Euphrates (border town between Syria and Mesopotamia, altitude 750 m. 17 May 1922’;
- ‘Palmyra: Columns with capitals; ruins of the city walls and houses of the inhabitants of Tadmor’;
- ‘Palmyra: Ruins of the colonnades; the Crusader castle’;
- ‘Palmyra (Tadmor): Columns and outer wall of the Temple of the Sun (with Arab houses in the foreground)’;
- ‘Palmyra: porphyry columns at the entrance to the Great Colonnade’;
- ‘Palmyra: the Temple of the Sun’;
- ‘Palmyra: The Crusader Castle (south façade, entrance to the drawbridge)’;
- ‘Palmyra: Bas-relief depicting the sons of Queen Zenobia (sarcophagus)’;
- ‘Palmyra: fluted columns. Enclosure of the Temple of the Sun and Arab houses’;
- ‘Palmyra (ruins and tomb)’;
- ‘Palmyra: the theatre’;
- ‘Palmyra: General view of the ruins – The Seraglio’;
- ‘Palmyra: The Great Colonnade’;
- ‘Palmyra (the Seraglio and ruins)’;
- ‘Palmyra (Entrance to the Great Colonnade)’;
- ‘Saïda (Sidon): Airfield by the sea – landing of Cal Mermoz’s aircraft’;
- ‘Palmyra: The Castle (north façade)’;
- ‘Palmyra: Flight Br.54 (“The Gazelles”)’;
- “Saïda (Sidon): The town and the harbour (View taken from an aeroplane at 1,500 m)”;
- “Palmyra: The Temple of the Sun (North Gate of the Enclosure): The French School x”;
- ‘Druze Mountains (Mon tani?) from the air’;
- ‘Tyre (800 m)’;
- ‘Ruins of Baalbek and Piotte on the way to Homs and Aleppo’;
- “General view of Baalbek and the ruins, taken from 1,000 m.”;
- “Ruins of Baalbek (Syria) (Temples of the Sun and Jupiter). Aerial view: altitude 500 m. ";
- "Palmyra: bas-relief depicting Queen Zenobia, her ministers and her guard (Queen’s Tomb)";
- “Palmyra: Enclosure of the Temple of the Sun, leaning at an angle of at least 20°”;
- “Palmyra: Triumphal Arch at the entrance to the Great Colonnade”;
- “Palmyra (Tadmor) (Aerial view taken at an altitude of 2,500 m) The Ruins The Cemetery The Temple of the Sun x The Gardens”;
- “Palmyra The Great Colonnade”;
- ‘The Mar – Beirut (Beirut River) (With the Lebanon Mountains in the background)’
(Creases, stains, wear and tear, mounting holes). Some parts of the montage bear the inscription ‘Mermoz’ and a number written in pencil on the reverse.
Enclosed are 9 photographs depicting views of the city of Damascus (Grand Mosque, minaret, souk), the ruins of Baalbek, and General Gouraud’s residence in Beirut, taken on the occasion of the 1921 ‘Greater Lebanon’ exhibition; old traces of damp
10 x 14.5 cm
A rare and remarkable collection of photographs of Palmyra, including photographs taken by Corporal Jean Mermoz between 1921 and 1923 during his stay in Syria and Lebanon
Provenance: - Jean Mermoz (1901–1936);
- Gabrielle Gillet-Mermoz (1880–1955);
- Subsequently passed down through the family
See original version (French)
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Pictures credits: Contact the Auction House
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