Bubb Kuyper

FINE ARTS - PHOTOGRAPHS

Auction 82, 19-23 May 2025

132 lots

Lot 5186

[Africa]. Wilson, George Washington (1823-1893). "Ricksha Boy, Durban."

Albumen print, 20x15,1 cm., monogrammed "G.G.W." and titled in the print in lower right corner, laid down on mount. Anonymous (late 19th cent.). (Zulu intombi (young girls)). Albumen print, 15,4x20,2 cm., laid down on mount (sl. faded in left margin). Anonymous (late 19th cent.). (Four Swahili girls). Albumen print, 14,5x20 cm., laid down on mount (sl. faded). - AND 8 others similar, mainly of Zulu people, all mounted, all late 19th cent., i.a. monogrammist "J.E.M.", "Zulu girls dressing hair" (sl. dampstained in upper margin); G.W. WILSON, "Curiosity - Zulu Children" (monogrammed and titled in the print. Sl. faded) and IDEM, "Zulu Boys at mid-day meal - mealy pap" (monogrammed and titled in the print. Sl. faded along borders). - ADDED: 30 small photographs of Congolese native peope and landscapes (±1910-1920, between 6x8,5 and 16x11 cm., mostly (previously) mounted).

Estimate €100 – €150Result €180

Lot 5187

[Algeria]. Album

with ±115 small prints, mostly gelatin silver prints, mainly 11x7,7 cm., all mounted on board, contemp. hleather album, obl. 4to. ADDED: 16 albumen prints and gelatin silver prints (incl. a few press photo's) (mainly) of Lebanese/ Syrian interest, i.a. (St. Paul's Wall in Damascus) (albumen print, 22,1x28 cm.) and (The Temple of the Sun at Baalbek) (albumen print, 27,9x21,9 cm.).

Estimate €80 – €100Result €80

Lot 5188

[Algeria]. Lot

of ±40 albumen prints and gelatin silver prints, ±1900-1920, all approx. 9,5x14,8 cm., all laid down on board. WITH 9 press photos, dating from the years 1961-1963 (the final phase of the French-Algerian war that led to independence of Algeria; incl. photographs of Ben Bella and Boumedienne, Krim Belkacem, and streetviews).

Estimate €70 – €90Result €90

Lot 5190

Andriesse, Paul (b.1955). (Portrait of Miki Higasa).

Silver gelatin print, 10,5x16 cm., w. the photographer's stamp "Paul Andriesse" on verso, w. on verso frame: "Voor Eli", "Miki Higasa" and "New York Okt. 96" in pencil, framed.

Estimate €50 – €70Result €50

Lot 5193

Anonymous (20th cent.). (Fingerprints).

Photograph, unidentified technique, 30x25 cm., monogrammed "P(?)" and "93" in pencil in lower margin. - WITH laid down on verso: another abstract composition with the same technique.

Estimate €50 – €70Result €50

Lot 5195

[Balkans]. Lot

of ±50 gelatin silver prints, press photos and albumen prints, various sizes, ±1900-1964, partly laid down on board.

Estimate €100 – €150Result €100

Lot 5196

Baumgarten, Lothar (1944-2018). "Rio Cuyuni".

Baryte photograph, 19x28 cm., signed, titled and dated "77" in pencil on ticket mounted on verso of frame, custom made frame by the artist (totally measuring 62x48 cm.).

Estimate €600 – €800Result €600

Lot 5197

Blanca, Paul (1958-2021). "Joke Mamma"./ "My mother".

Two gelatin silver prints, both 45x30 cm., signed "Paul Blanca", titled and dated "2018(?)" in silver or black pen. Idem. "Joke". Set of 2 C-prints, both 45x30 cm., signed "Paul Blanca", titled and "2015(?)" in silver pen. AND 1 similar gelatin silver print by the same (25x25 cm., signed, titled "Mamma" and dated "2018(?)").

Estimate €200 – €300Result €200

Lot 5198

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 €300 – €500Result €300

Lot 5200

Bot, Marrie (b.1946). (Couple in a crowded narrow Lisbon market street).

Gelatin silver print, 16x23,2 cm., signed "Marrie Bot (Holland)" and "Lissabon, 1982" in thin liner on verso. Idem. (Boy in religious costume for the holy week, accompanied by his mother). Gelatin silver print, 13,2x19,2 cm., with the photographer's stamp. AND 2 others by the same from the same series, both with photographer's stamp on verso (1x also w. pencil annot. on verso "Boetebedevaart Andùjar - Spanje 1979".

Estimate €100 – €150

Lot 5202

[Brazil]. Photo Bippus Rio and Photo Lopes Rio. Lot of 17 views of Rio de Janeiro,

all gelatin silver prints, 12x by PHOTO BIPPUS RIO and 5x by PHOTO LOPES RIO, all ±1920, all 15,5x21,5 cm, all w. caption, number and photographer's logo in the print. Anonymous (1st half 20th century). Series of 14 similar (partly toned) gelatin silver prints, all daylight views in and around Rio de Janeiro, all approx. 17x21,5 cm., all w. caption and number in the print. AND 5 other early 20th cent. photo. views of Brazil (all smaller size).

Estimate €400 – €600

Lot 5204

[Burma]. (Panorama of Mandalay from Mandalay Hill).

Large panorama, total size 17,5x135 cm., consisting of 5 mounted albumen prints (each 17,5x27 cm.), the mounts are attached to each other and can be folded as a leporello. AND 3 other albumen prints: "Rangoon", (Rangoon Harbour) and (Shipping of the river) (all 18,5x23,5 cm., all laid down on mount).

Estimate €700 – €900

Lot 5206

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

of ±280 cabinet photographs and some cartes-de-visite, ±1870-1920, various techniques. ADDED: numerous photographs, 19th-20th cent., mostly views, i.a. Germany, France and Netherlands.

Estimate €100 – €150Result €130

Lot 5209

Citroen, Paul (1896-1983). 2. 10 photographien. 1928-1933.

Cologne, Galerie Rudolf Kicken, 1980, 10 gelatin silverprints, each 23x16,5 cm., each signed "Paul Citroen" and dated in pencil and numb. "II-V" in pen and ink on verso, each w. gallery stamp on verso, fold. colophon leaf (signed and numb. ("II/VIII" [sic]) by the artist), printed in 30 numb. copies (5?), kept in orig. cl. portfolio. folio.

Estimate €1,500 – €2,500

Lot 5213

[Egypt]. Anonymous (late 19th cent.). (Panorama of Cairo).

Four (of 5) albumen prints, 22,5x125 cm. (total size). AND ±30 other albumen prints, almost all 22x27 cm., i.a. ZANGAKI BROTHERS, "Phare sud des Lacs amers" (signed, titled and numb. [Illegible] in the print); IDEM, "Vue de Port Said" (signed, titled and "No. 31" in the print); IDEM, "Manora au Chantier (...) (signed, titled and numb. in the print); IDEM, "Port de Port Said" (signed, titled and "N.141" in the print); IDEM, "Jaroba a la courbe d'El Guirsh" (signed and titled in the print); Pascal SEBAH, "Caire. Vue panoramique" (signed, titled and "226" in lower margin in the print) and PERIDIO & GORGILADA[?], "Port de Port Said" (signed, titled and "N. 141" in the print).

Estimate €120 – €150Result €130

Lot 5214

[Egypt]. Beato, Antonio (1835-1906). (A group of 12 Bicharin posing with their spears).

Albumen print, ±1870, 35,7x25,5 cm., signed in the plate in lower left corner. Arnoux, Hippolyte (act. 1859-1888). "Un harem en Cairo". Albumen print, 28,6x22,5 cm., numb. "1225" and signed and titled in the print. AND 9 other albumen prints, mainly showing scenes from daily life, i.a. ZANGAKI BROTHERS, "Chamaux de mariage arabe" (22x27,5 cm., signed, titled and numb. "No.517" in the print); IDEM, "Bord du Nil Egypte" (21,5x28 cm., signed, titled and numb. "No.170" in the print. Sl. faded and yellowed); IDEM, "Inundation au Pyramides" (22x28 cm., signed, titled and numb. "No. 175[?]" in the print) and Pascal, (A man holding a board while standing in a river) (26,5x34,5 cm.).

Estimate €150 – €250Result €170

Lot 5215

[Egypt]. Beato, Antonio (1835-1906). (Temple of Isis at Philae).

Albumen print, ±1870, 25,5x36 cm., signed in central lower margin in the plate. Idem. (Two men in front of the colonnade of the Temple of Edfu). Albumen print, ±1870, 25,2x35,5 cm., signed in lower right margin in the plate. Idem. (Ptolomy gateway of the Temple Medinet Habou). Albumen print, ±1870, 35,7x25,6 cm., signed in reverse in left margin of the print. - AND 9 other albumen prints by the same, all signed in the plate and of similar size (incl. a sl. yellowed print), all showing (details of) Egyptian temples, i.a. of the Temple of Edfu, The remains of the statue of Ramses II at the Ramesseum Medinet Habu, The ruins of Karnak Temple, three views of the temple of Luxor, and a view of the Temple of Hathor at Denderah.

Estimate €150 – €250Result €170

Lot 5216

[Egypt]. Beato, Antonio (1835-1906). (A view of one side of the small temple of Abu Simbel).

Albumen print, 20,2x26 cm., signed in the print. Idem. (A view of the central colonnade of Karnak). Albumen print, 26x20,2 cm., signed in the print. Sébah, Jean Pascal (1872-1947). (Valley of the Kings), Albumen print, 27,2x21 cm., (illegibly) titled (and signed?) in the plate. Idem. "Mosq. Sultan Hassan". Collotype(?) print, 20,4x26 cm., signed and titled in the print. Anonymous (late 19th cent.). "Alexandrie. Église anglaise". Mounted albumen print, 21x27,4 cm., titled in the print. - WITH (on verso of mount): Reiser, Andreas D. (1840-1898). "Catacombes de Mex." Albumen print, 21,1x27,5 cm., signed and titled in the print. - AND 10 others similar, all of similar size, i.a. Gabriel LEKEGIAN, "Interieur de la Mosquée Amir" (sm. portion of lower right corner torn off); Antonio BEATO, (The colonnade of the Temple of Isis); ZANGAKI BROTHERS, "Quai de Port Said" and ANONYMOUS (late 19th cent.), "Fontaine de la Reine Victoria au Quai de Port Said".

Estimate €120 – €150Result €130

Lot 5217

[Egypt]. Lot

of 18 albumen prints, mainly 25x35,5 cm. (a few sl. smaller), mostly by unidentified photographers, i.a. (The colonnade of the temple of Isis in Philae); (A view of Philae from the South East); (Temple at Luxor); (The Colonnade of the Osiride pillars in the Temple of Medinet Habou); (A. BEATO), (Gallery of the Temple of Horus at Edfu) and ANONYMOUS, (A view of the Temple of Kom Ombo).

Estimate €120 – €150Result €140

Lot 5218

[Egypt]. Lot

of ±55 photographs, ±1900, various techniques, i.a. Hyppolyte ARNOUX, "Fontaine de Moïse" (20x26 cm., signed and titled in the print in lower margin); BROTHERS ZANGAKI, "Entrée du Canal à Port Said" (21,7x28 cm., signed and titled in the print in lower margin) and the Entry to a Pyramid (gelatin silver print, 24x17 cm.); anonymous albumen prints of the Abu Simbel temple (20x26 cm.); the Temple of Phile from the West (20x26 cm. Oblique fold in sky area); Statue of Ramses at Luxor (26,2x20 cm.); "Vue generale de Port Said (21,8x28 cm., titled in the print in lower right corner); and incl. quite a few albumen prints of architectural details and of ancient woodcarved doors, panels etc.

Estimate €80 – €100Result €90

Lot 5222

Fieret, Gerard (1924-2009). "Le monde entier".

Apeldoorn, Van Reekum Edition, 1979, (2) tipped-on printed lvs. w. text by JERVEN OBER, 25 c-type photographs (8,8x12,9 cm.) and 2 (of 3) gelatin-silver photographs (17,9x13,8 cm.) mounted on 15 col. cards (28,8x20,3 cm.), printed in 100 copies, loose as issued in orig. brown cardboard box (32x24,6 cm.) titled and signed by Fieret in black pen with c-type photograph affixed to front, copyright stamp in black ink to rear.

Estimate €400 – €600Result €425

Lot 5226

[Georgia]. Lot

of 4 albumen prints, between 13,5x23,5 and 19,5x26,5 cm., all laid down on mount, 3x w. manuscript caption, dated 1881-1887. ADDED: 24 miscell. others, all Russian, mostly press photographs (1960s) and incl. 3 cabinet photographs, a stereophotograph of the Nevsky Prospekt (St. Petersburg) and a snapshot of Lake Baikal (early 20th cent.).

Estimate €100 – €150Result €100

Lot 5228

[Great Britain]. "Early life of Princess Elizabeth".

Series of 12 press-photos, publ. by Associated Press Photo, all 15,8x19,2 cm. - AND 20 other press-photos, mainly showing British politicians, members of the Royal House, public figures etc., i.a. Winston Churchill and Field Marshal Lord Montgomery, Marilyn Rice-Davies and Christine Keeler, and Wallis Simpson and King Edward VIII waving from a train window. - ADDED: ±50 press-photos illustrating general British news items from the 1960s (incl. several of the latest in fashion, new technical developments, strange British nouveautés (i.a. a special hat with a blue light on top for British policemen, to increase their visibility during thick fog).

Estimate €70 – €90Result €70

Lot 5229

[Great Britain]. Lot

of ±60 photographs, ±1900-1920, all anonymous, various techniques, between 5,5x8 and 24x29 cm., mostly mounted on board.

Estimate €70 – €90Result €70

Lot 5230

[Great Britain and Ireland]. Lot

of ±100 albumen prints, incl. numerous albumen prints by James VALENTINE, showing landscapes, town views and (ruins of) cathedrals, almost all 18,8x28,4 cm., ±1870-1890.

Estimate €150 – €250Result €475

Lot 5231

[Greece]. Anonymous (late 19th cent.). (Panoramic view Olympia).

Collotype print, mounted on 3 fold. parts, ±1890, 22,2x77,6 cm. Anonymous (late 19th cent.). Vue génerale d'Eleusis. Panoramic view, collotype print, mounted on 2 fold. parts, ±1890, 22x56 cm. Anonymous (late 19th cent.). (Panoramic view of Athens with Mount Lycabettus in the background). Gelatin silver print, tipped onto mount, Berlin, Neue Photographische Gesellschaft, ±1890, 17,5x24,3 cm.

Estimate €250 – €350

Lot 5232

[Greece]. Borri, B. e Figlio (active 1869-1944). (View on bay with a rock and the village of Benitses, Corfu).

Albumen print, 20,2 x 27,3 cm., Corfou, A. Farrougia, ±1890. Anonymous (late 19th cent.). Parthénon (Nord-Ouest). Mounted gelatine silver print, ±1880, 22x29 cm. Anonymous (late 19th cent.). Vue générale de l'Acropole et Temple de Théssée. Mounted collotype print, ±1890, 22x56 cm. (tiny tear). Anonymous (late 19th cent.). Mycènes. Tombeau de Clytemnestre. Mounted collotype print, ±1890, 22x29 cm. - AND ±40 other (all but a few mounted) collotype, gelatine silver and albumen prints of similar size, ±1900, with views of Greek antique sites and art works (mostly in Athens).

Estimate €250 – €350Result €250

Lot 5236

[Haarlem and surroundings]. Lot

of 10 mounted albumen prints, ±1860-1900, 24,5x18 (1x) and 9,5x16 cm. (9x), a few w. printed caption and address of A. Jager or P. Oosterhuis below. - AND 75 miscell. later photographs of Haarlem, incl. many small snapshots.

Estimate €80 – €100Result €150

Lot 5237

Haeckel, Georg (1873-1945). "Seiden-Industrie in Japan."

Series of 20 gelatin silver prints showing men and women at work in the silk production process, ±1910, mostly ±11,5x16,5 cm., all w. photographer's stamp in green on verso and all w. cyclostyled typescript information tipped onto verso.

Estimate €100 – €150Result €110

Lot 5238

[House of Orange]. ''40 jarig Regeeringsjubileum H.M. de Koningin 5-12 September 1938''.

Album containing ±230 anonymous mounted photographs, each 11,8x16,8 cm. (1x 22,6x28,6 cm.), orig. hmor. w. title and sm. gilt coat of arms of Amsterdam on frontcover, obl. sm. folio. "Koninklijk Bezoek aan de hoofdstad 8-14 juni 1937''. Album containing 112 anonymous mounted photographs, each 11,8x16,8 cm., all (but one) gelatin silver prints, title on first leaf, orig. hmor. w. central gilt coat of arms of Amsterdam on frontcover, obl. sm. folio.

Estimate €400 – €600Result €400

Lot 5239

[Indonesia]. Abdulganie (late 19th/ early 20th cent.). "Oud- en Nieuw Djatiwangi".

Series of four silverprints, each 16,4x22,5 cm., 1x dated "26.1.1914" in the plate, all laid down on mount w. identification of the scenes and w. the date of picture (between 26 January and 26 February 1914) in contemp. pen and ink in upper margin and with "Abdulganie Fotograaf Cheribon" stamped in giltlettering in lower margin of mount. Anonymous (late 19th/ early 20th cent.). Collection of 26 mounted albumen prints of the sugar production factory Djatiwangi and surrounding houses, gardens and fields, ±1900, each 16,4x22,5 cm., laid down on thick grey boards.

Estimate €250 – €350Result €250

Lot 5240

[Indonesia]. Album

containing 81 tipped-in gelatin silver prints, early 20th cent., each 17x23 cm., w. very neat manuscript captions in white chalk, contemp. gilt blindst. leather, obl. folio.

Estimate €600 – €800

Lot 5241

[Indonesia]. Album

with ±100 mounted photographs, mostly albumen, ±1880-1900, various sizes, with i.a. views of Suez, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Singapore, Indonesia and the Netherlands, contemp. hleather, folio.

Estimate €200 – €300Result €650

Lot 5242

[Indonesia]. Anonymous (2nd half 19th cent.). (Soerabaja. A view of the Red Bridge).

Gelatin silver print, 21x28,8 cm., laid down on mount. Anonymous (late 19th cent.). (The Bromo caldera and the Tengger range on Java). Panoramic view on 6 attached albumen prints, together 21x85,5 cm, ±1880. Anonymous (late 19th cent.). Hotel te Tosari. Albumen print, 28,5x38 cm. AND ±45 others, incl. a few fine albumen prints of native people and a panorama of the "Karbouwengat" (mainly smaller size (between 10x14 cm. and 12,5x20 cm.) and incl. 9 later press photographs.

Estimate €150 – €250