Sale 6544
London
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25 September 2001
Price realised
GBP 2,115
Estimate
Herbert George Ponting (1871-1935) Vida; and Osman with inscriptions '"Vida" H.G. Ponting' and '"Osman" H.G. Ponting' on the mounts gelatin silver prints 17 5/8 x 12 5/8in. (44.8 x 32.1cm.) 18 x 12½in. (45.7 x 31.8cm.) (2)
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Pre-Lot Text
THE PROPERTY OF MRS VIOLET M. PONTING
Both in Belle Epoque Paris and Berlin between the wars, Jeanne Mammen documented European café society from a woman’s perspective
Islamic Art specialist Behnaz Atighi Moghaddam on a magnificent garment that would have been worn by a member of the royal inner circle