ID 515326
Lot 9 | Gustave Le Gray
Estimate value
£ 80 000 – 120 000
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.)
Address of auction |
Sotheby´s 34-35 New Bond Street W1A 2AA London United Kingdom | |
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