Bubb Kuyper

FINE ARTS - PHOTOGRAPHS

Auction 81, 18-22 Nov 2024

121 lots

Lot 4881

[Africa]. Lot

of 32 photographs, i.a. 13 albumen prints of scenes in Mauricius, most laid down on mount (partly on recto and verso) (incl. 4 fine albumen prints of the devastation caused by an earthquake and a cyclone showing a.o. "Labourdonnais Street", "Champs de Mars" and "The Royal College & Champ de Lort" (all 16,2x21,3 cm.) and a few views of Pamplemousse district/ gardens); a view of a Somali village (19x24,7 cm., ±1890. Sl. faded; mounted) and albumen prints of Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar and a group portrait of 8 African women posing in native dress (11,9x24,2 cm., ±1890. Sl. faded and yellowed).

Estimate €50 – €70Result €90

Lot 4883

[America]. ""Mucking Out". Last Shot in Pioneer Tunnel"/ "In Pioneer Tunnel - At Left, Cross-cut to Main Tunnel".

Two press photographs, gelatin silverprints, both 23,8x18,3 cm., both w. press caption and stamp on verso. "Indian encampment on Spokane River". Press photograph, gelatin silverprint, 23,5x17 cm., identified in ms. on verso. ADDED: 11 other press photos, i.a. Middlesbrough dock gates under repair/ being brought into the dock (1933, 2x) and a factory worker in the Vereinigte Stahlwerke plant in Dortmund (±1930).

Estimate €50 – €70Result €80

Lot 4886

Anonymous (20th cent.). (Interior of the Siemens-Schuckertwerke assembly hall in Berlin).

Albumen print, ±1910, 28,9x23,4 cm., mounted. Idem. (Interior of the Forth Goods Yard in Newcastle). Gelatine silver print, ±1920, 23,7x19,2 cm., "Sir W.G. Armstrong Whitworth & Co. Ld. No. 211" in lower margin, mounted. - AND 8 others, i.a. "Droge-dokdeur te Antwerpen gansch in Karri en Jarrah"/ "Nieuwe rolbrug te Antwerpen met Karri-blokken sedert vier jaar belegd" (two mounted albumen prints, ±1920).

Estimate €40 – €60Result €40

Lot 4887

[Architecture]. Lot

of 13 photographs of Dutch architecture, mostly gelatin silver prints, 12x17 to 25x21 cm., a few w. caption in later hand on verso. ADDED: ±20 small photographs of glass (designs) by K.P.C. DE BAZEL.

Estimate €70 – €90Result €100

Lot 4888

[Aviation]. (Koolhoven F.K. 46).

Album containing 33 loosely inserted/ tipped-in photographs, ±1935, all but one 11,2x8,6 cm., contemp. cl., obl. 4to.

Estimate €80 – €100Result €130

Lot 4889

[Aviation]. Lot

of ±5000 photographs, mostly military aircraft, ±1920-1960, various sizes, mostly reprints. WITH: ±400 (col.) (real photograph) picture postcards of aircraft (±1970-1990, i.a. by Flight International (130x)). - AND WITH: ±75 brochures, folders and other small (promotional) publications. ADDED: 8 publications on aviation, i.a. B. LAUFER, The Prehistory of Aviation (Chicago, 1928, plates, orig. wr.); L. SAZERAC DE FORGE, La Conquête de l'Air (Paris/ Nancy, 1907, ills., fold. table, contemp. giltlettered hcl.) and W. DE FONVIELLE, Adventures in the Air. Engl. transl. J.S. Keltie (London, 1877, woodengr. plates/ ills., contemp. (soiled/ dam.) cl., a.e.g.).

Estimate €800 – €1,000

Lot 4895

Blanca, Paul (1958-2021). "Giullia".

Gelatin silver print, 45x30 cm., signed "Paul Blanca", titled, dated "2013(?)" and "A.P." in silver pen. Idem. "Giullia". Gelatin silver print, 30x30 cm., signed "Paul Blanca", titled, dated "2013(?)", "For Giullia" and "A.P." in silver pen.

Estimate €150 – €250Result €170

Lot 4899

Blanca, Paul (1958-2021). "Mamma".

Series of 11 gelatin silver prints, each 22,5x15 cm., each signed "Paul Blanca", titled "Mamma" or "Mamma naar de hemel" (1x) and "2008"-"2016" in silver pen.

Estimate €600 – €800

Lot 4902

Blanca, Paul (1958-2021). (Reclining female nude).

C-print, 38x30 cm., signed "Paul Blanca", illegibly titled and dated "2011" in silver pen (sm. vague brownish stain in the image near left edge). - AND 3 others, a smaller gelatin silver print by the same, titled "Marlene" (signed and "1998" in brown ink on verso) and 2 helio-engravings by ERWIN BLUMENFELD.

Estimate €150 – €250Result €150

Lot 4907

Caldesi, Leonida (1822-1891). (Queen Victoria, prince Albert and their children at Osborne House, 1857).

Albumen print on mount, 29x36 cm., Caldesi and Montecchi, London, 1858. AND ±40 others, all but a few (group)portraits, ±1880-1950 (mostly before 1930), various techniques, i.a. by Scholl (Chicago), Aug. Bleyse (Hoboken, Antwerp), Gustave Buyle (Antwerp), Ch. Parmentier (Verviers), Petros Moraïtes (group portrait of female students of the Arsakeion of Athens) and an anonymous group portrait of actors ("Woodland Players 1889, 'As you like it") taken at Ryde, Isle of Wight.

Estimate €80 – €100Result €80

Lot 4908

[Cars]. Lot

of 17 (press) photographs, ±1930-1960, partly w. photographer's/ copyright stamps and (attached) captions on verso.

Estimate €100 – €150Result €100

Lot 4909

[Cartes-de-visite and cabinet photographs]. Album

with 14 loosely inserted cartes-de-visite, 1885, calligr. dedication in pen and ink and red pen flourishes (2 lvs.) and 14 lvs. w. individual portraits, contemp. purple-blue velvet binding w. central partially enamelled metal coat of arms of the STRICK VAN LINSCHOTEN family on frontcover/ of the Hoogheemraadschap Lekdijk Bovendams on backcover, metal cornerpieces on both covers, a.e.g., 4to. WITH a (sl. rubbed/ scratched) mounted carte-de-visite portrait, w. "Johan Herman Strick van Linschoten. 1e Luitenant der Jagers. 's Hage. Juni 1907." in pen and ink on verso.

Estimate €150 – €250Result €150

Lot 4911

[Cartes-de-visite and cabinet photographs]. Lot

of ±110 cartes-de-visite, ±1870-1920, all portraits of individuals or families, all by American photographers. AND ±45 cartes-de-visite by i.a. German/ Luxemburg/ Belgian/ Swedish photographers. - ADDED: 10 cartes-de-visite showing i.a. ships near Scheveningen and the Pier.

Estimate €150 – €250Result €150

Lot 4912

[Cartes-de-visite and cabinet photographs]. Lot

of ±220 cartes-de-visite, ±1870-1920, mostly views of European cities and monuments, mostly by German photographers. AND ±65 others, all portraits of historical figures, by i.a. Neurdein, Charlet & Jacotin and E. Desmaisons (Paris; mostly w. owner's annots. on verso).

Estimate €120 – €150Result €190

Lot 4914

[Cartes-de-visite and cabinet photographs. Musicians]. Lot

of 12 cartes-de-visite, i.a. RICHARD WAGNER (by Friedrich Bruckman, 1881), GIACOMO ROSSINI (by Mayer & Pierson, n.d.), JOHANNES BRAHMS(?) (by W.G. van Dijk, n.d.), ALFRED VIVIER (by Dupont) and ROSA ESCUDIER-KASTNER (by Pierre Petit, n.d.).

Estimate €150 – €250Result €170

Lot 4916

Cartes-de-visite and cabinet photographs. Royalty]. Lot

[Cartes-de-visite and cabinet photographs. Royalty]. Lot of 33 cartes-de-visite, all 19th cent., mostly members of European royal families, mostly identified in pencil, i.a. Sophie Queen of the Netherlands, Napoleon III (2x), Eugénie de Montijo, Louis-Napoléon Prince Imperial, Prince Jerome Bonaparte, Leopold I, the Duke of Brabant (future King Leopold II of Belgium) (2x), Queen Marie Henriette of the Belgians, Prince Philippe of Belgium (Count of Flanders), "The Queen & Prince Consort", "The Prince Consort", "Princess Helena", Prins Hendrik (4x), Princess Alice (handcol. carte-de-visite), King Victor Emanuel II and a few unidentified/ unrelated persons (i.a. the actress Adelaide Ristori), kept in 19th cent. blindst. red mor. w. gilt metal clasps and catches, a.e.g.

Estimate €400 – €600Result €400

Lot 4917

[Cartes-de-visite and cabinet photographs. Royalty]. Lot

of ±100 cartes-de-visite, incl. about 60 portraits of members of the British Royal family, all ±1870, together loosely inserted in contemp. embossed black mor. album w. music box in backcover w. beige silk moirée upper endpapers w. gilt stamped joint coats of arms of London ("Patent London") and Paris ("Breveté Paris") on upper pastedown, a.e.g., large 4to.

Estimate €500 – €700Result €550

Lot 4920

[China]. Lot

of ±130 photographs, late 19th cent., incl. albumen prints, between ±8,5x8,5 cm. and ±20x27 cm., partly laid down on mounts w. manuscript captions (in Dutch and English in the same hand), most smaller sizes loose but lvs. w. manuscript captions partly pres. ADDED: 5 press photographs, 1960s, i.a. concerning South Korea.

Estimate €400 – €600Result €2,200

Lot 4923

Dean, Loomis (1917-2005). Beat poet Paris.

Gelatin silverprint, 33,7x26,5 cm. AND 4 other gelatin silverprints of the Paris literary (beat) scene by the same, 31x13,8 to 26,5x34 cm., 2x w. stamp "Photo by Loomis Dean" on verso.

Estimate €100 – €150Result €110

Lot 4931

[Egypt]. Lot

of ±42 albumen prints, mostly between 20x25,6 cm., i.a. by ZANGAKI (12x), P. SEBAH (5x) and H. ARNOUX (2x).

Estimate €120 – €150Result €300

Lot 4932

[Erotica]. Lot

of 13 photographs, late 20th cent., between 10x14 and 20x25 cm., i.a. by Fons BRASSER (signed etc. in pencil on verso). ADDED: 15 miscell. others, incl. photogr. plates and a picture postcard.

Estimate €80 – €100Result €80

Lot 4933

[Erotica]. Lot

of ±750 real photographic picture postcards of nude or scantily clad women, all without printed postcard verso, w. various logos or monograms, incl. several series, mostly if not all French, ±1900-1925, kept in 8 contemp. albums, 8vo.

Estimate €2,500 – €3,000Result €2,750

Lot 4935

[Europe]. Lot

of ±100 photographs of Germany, Switzerland, France, England and Austria, early 20th cent., various sizes (largest 22x28,5 cm.), mounted on 30 board lvs. w. ms. titles, in contemp. gilt hcalf album, 4to.

Estimate €30 – €50Result €30

Lot 4936

Fieret, G.P. (1924-2009). (Cat lying in the grass).

Vintage gelatin silver print, 30x40 cm., boldly signed in thick black felt-tip writer in lower left corner, w. the artist's copyright/ address stamp on recto (2x).

Estimate €300 – €500Result €300

Lot 4937

[France]. Giletta, Jean (1856-1933). "Ligne du Sud de la France".

Four albumen prints, each 22x27,8 cm., all w. caption below in the print, all mounted. AND ±95 others, almost all South of France, mostly albumen prints w. similar size as above, mainly 3rd quarter of the 19th cent., i.a. prints of Marseille, numerous prints of Monaco, Cannes and Nice, Nimes, Pau and surroundings (Les Eaux Bonnes), fine landscapes and panoramas.

Estimate €250 – €350

Lot 4938

[France]. Lot

of ±50 albumen prints, all showing architecturally interesting (details of) buildings, churches, palaces, streetviews, mostly albumen prints, mostly ±20x25 cm., mainly 3rd quarter of the 19th cent.

Estimate €70 – €90Result €100

Lot 4939

Frima, Toto (b.1953). (Selfportrait).

Polaroid, 8x7,5 cm., signed "Toto Frima 2000" in black felt-tip pen, framed. - AND 2 others, i.a. a diptych "Diva" by Guilain LUCASSEN, also framed.

Estimate €60 – €80Result €60