Gustave Le Gray

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£ 80 000
Auction dateClassic
12.04.2021 14:00UTC +01:00
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United Kingdom, London
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ID 515326
Lot 9 | Gustave Le Gray
Gustave Le Gray

1820 - 1884

'La Vague Brisée, Mer Méditeranée No 15', (The Breaking Wave), 1857



Albumen print from wet collodion negative, mounted to board. With the photographer's red facsimile signature stamp recto. With the 'PHOTOGRAPHIE GUSTAVE LE GRAY & Co PARIS' and the maker's blindstamps on board recto. Annotated 'No 11,706' in iron gall ink in the lower left corner and with a printed label bearing the title of the work affixed on the lower right corner of board recto.

Image 32.6 x 41.8 cm (12⅞x 16½in.);

sheet 53.5 x 68.2 cm (21 x 26⅞in.)
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