Architectural Photographs Available
Architectural Photographs Available
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The Photographic Originals Project
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The Photographic Originals Project makes available important modern and historic works for those interested in owning original photographs.
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Architectural Photographs
A V A I L A B L E – – F O R – – P U R C H A S E
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Unidentified photographer (U.S.): Light House at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. Cyanotype, 7-3/8″ x 9-1/2″, circa 1900.
A beautiful study from a series of American lighthouse views. While the presence of a surveyor (before the outbuilding at right) suggests the photographs were made as part of a systematic study of the lighthouse service, the photograph’s evocative composition goes beyond mere cataloguing–with an open gate and a welcoming figure in the doorway.
In fine condition. $2200
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James Anderson (1813-1877): “Arch of Septimus Severus, northern aspect with columns of Temple of Vespasian.” Albumen print, circa 1857, 12″ x 15-3/4″.
Anderson was an English painter who moved to Rome in 1838 and opened his own photography studio by 1853. His first catalogue of photographs was published in 1859. The title for the image above appears in a later list of Anderson’s works, now in the print room of the Rijksmuseum.
The mount bears the blindstamp of James Spithöver, a bookseller who was James Anderson’s sales agent.
Fine condition with strong tones, slightly lighter in places at the periphery. $2200.
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Félix Bonfils (1831–1885): Mt. Zion, Tomb of David. Albumen print, approx. 9″ x 11″, circa 1869.
Bonfils moved to Beirut from France in 1867. By 1871, he reported a stock of 590 negatives taken in Egypt, Palestine, Syria and Greece. The definitive collection of works by the Bonfils studio is at the Harvard Semitic Museum.
In excellent condition with rich tones and strong contrast, on a calligraphic mount.
600.00
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Effective: December 2000. Subject to Prior Sale. Copyright 2000 The American Photography Museum, Inc.