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GUSTAVE LE GRAY
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GUSTAVE LE GRAY

Vapeur, 1856

Details
GUSTAVE LE GRAY
Vapeur, 1856
albumen print
red ink facsimile signature stamp on recto; mounted on original card
12¾ x 16¾in. (32.2 x 41.5cm)
Provenance
In the family of the present owner since c.1870.
Literature
Janis, The Photography of Gustave Le Gray, Art Institute of Chicago & University of Chicago Press, 1987, p.83, fig.29; Aubenas, Gustave Le Gray 1820-1884, Bibliothèque nationale de France, 2002, p.247, pl.280; p.365, fig.122.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

Janis remarks '...in the process of trying to capture light on water, boats charting mysterious spaces, and distant horizons, Le Gray discovered how to make pictures that seem to capture authentic visual experience even when the effects are far from displaying any ascertainable exactitude.' (The Photography of Gustave Le Gray, p.83)

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