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    19th & 20th Century Photographs

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    13 October 1992

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    Lot 13

    KIMBEI KUSAKABE, Baron Reteniz von Stillfried et al

    Price realised

    USD 3,520

    Estimate

    USD 4,000 - USD 6,000

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    KIMBEI KUSAKABE, Baron Reteniz von Stillfried et al

    Japan, Selected Images (c. 1875-1885)

    2 albums, containing 176 albumen prints, the majority hand-colored. 1887-88. Most with title and/or number in the negative; each titled and dated in ink on the mount. Each approximately 8 x 10½in. and the reverse. Each mounted back-to-back. Oblong folio, half red morocco, gilt-ruled, grey moire cloth end papers with affixed library label. (2)

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    Literature and exhibited

    Literature

    Pioniere der Kamera, Das Erste Jahrhundert der Fotografie, 1840-1900, Die Sammlung Robert Lebeck, p. 245 for Postrunner, 1885; A World History of Photography, p. 174, fig. 193.


    Lot Essay

    The albums contain portraits, genre, architectural and topographical images including priests, athletes, geishas, citadels, palaces, pagodas, temples, tombs, gateways, hotels, gardens and parks, cemeteries, monuments, cisterns, bridges and bell towers.

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    Pre-Lot Text

    THE PROPERTY OF THE WILLIAMSTOWN HOUSE OF LOCAL HISTORY

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