4974 - 5211 FINE ARTS - PHOTOGRAPHS
- Album sl. worn and partly sl. faded.
= Private album of one of the members of the "Croisière Noire" expedition organized by Citroën in 1924-1925, led by Georg-Marie Haardt. Its goal was to establish a transport connection between the French colonies in Northern Africa to Madagascar. At the same time it was also an important marketing campaign for Citroën. The expedition was recorded in a silent film directed by Léon Poirier, released in 1926.
= i.a. "Nabij Koekavoe tracht een UNO-soldaat met een paar woorden Swahili de vriendschap te winnen van de kleine Kongeleesjes", "Dadelijk nadat op N'Kroemag een aanslag gepleegd was, die het leven kostte aan een politieman van zijn gevolg, boog de president zich over de man, die getroffen werd door de voor hem bestemde kogels" and "M. Joseph Kabamba, directeur de la Chancellerie au département des Affaires étrangères de Léopoldville (...) est arrivé samedi matin dans la capitale belge".
AND an album w. ±40 photographs of a journey from Syracuse to Egypt in 1935, various sizes (between 17,7x24,1 and 6x7,5 cm.), tipped onto mount in contemp. album.
= Views of i.a. Switzerland, Germany and France.
- Few lvs. stained/ foxed.
= Miscell. collection, i.a. of Amsterdam, Bruges, Dinant, the Dutch Indies, Edinburgh, London, Queen Emma of the Netherlands and some picture postcards of smaller villages in the Netherlands (like Bennekom, Ginneken, De Steeg, Serooskerke and Vrouwenpolder).
= Views throughout the Netherlands, i.a. of Blokzijl, Bruinisse, Ellecom, Gaast, Kortenhoef, Koudekerk, Noordwijkerhout, Renesse, St. Maartensdijk, Tjummarum, Woudenberg and many others.
- Top right corner dam.
= Extremely detailed panorama of a reception in San Francisco for the Belgian Auto-Canons-Mitrailleuses (ACM) soldiers, who fought alongside the Russians during WWI.
AND 5 other panoramas, various techniques and sizes, i.a. of the Brooklyn Bridge and Honolulu.
- Some minor scratches in lower centre. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLIV.
- Five prints w. tears and/ or faded.
= Views of i.a. the Amstel Hotel and river, Dam Square, Open Havenfront, the Nieuwmarkt, Artis zoo, Moses and Aaron Church, Geldersekade w. the Basilica of Saint Nicholas in the background, the Zuiderkerk, the old Stadsschouwburg, the Halvemaansbrug and the Kloveniersburgwal.
= I.a. the rebuilding of the harbour in Amsterdam in 1945, the Nieuwmarkt, a crane in the water of the "Nederlandsche Scheepsbouw Maatschappij", a crowd in front of some canalhouses, the Prinsengracht and Leidseplein.
- First print sl. foxed; final print waterstained in image (the 4 preceding prints sl. waterstained in lower margin of mount); a few prints sl. faded; otherwise contents fine. Upper hinge split; covers stained.
= Rich visual source of this very successful "exposition universelle" celebrating the 100th anniversary of the French revolution and providing the world with its grand legacy of the Eiffel Tower.
= Probably a later print of a photograph taken in 1933 in Moscow. The other 3 men in the picture are "Korotkow", "Tschicherian" and "Schatow" according to the annotation by the consignor on verso.
- Title cut loose. = World War I era anti-aircraft device.
AND 13 miscell. others, i.a. views of Madrid, Stockholm, a wild river near Imatra (Finland) and a press photograph showing a warehouse full of rubber tires in German occupied Minsk.
= Street scenes in China (?), i.a. people wearing traditional costume, men standing behind birdcages and a portrait of an elderly man. Two prints are identical but vary in technique (1x glossy, 1x matte).
- Board sl. foxed (4x).
= "Aartsbisschoppelijk Seminarie Rijsenburg, te Driebergen." (17x23 cm.), "Villa de Brink, te Driebergen." (18x18,8 cm.), "Sigaren-magazijn van den Hofleverancier P.G.C. Hajenius, te Amsterdam." (24,3x19 cm.) and "Sociëteit de Groote Club, te Amsterdam." (28x19,6 cm.).
AND 50 press photos, partly with (tipped-on) cyclostyled or manuscript captions on verso, between 15,1x9,4 cm. and 18,5x23 cm., ±1930-1950.
= Incl. several portraits of racing pilots, (test)pilots, technicians and company directors on, in or near their aeroplanes. Some names: the Duchess of Bedford with Capt. Barnard and R. Little (record holder England-India and return), H.L. Brook, Ernle Clarke, A.E. Clouston, Marquess of Clydesdale, E.T. Courtney, Ruth Fontés, Bert Hinkler, D. Llewellyn and Mrs R.D.G. Wyndham, Tommy Rose (Cape to London record holder) and Karl Schwabe.
= Famous pioneer French aviatrice, photographed seated in a Santos Dumont Demoiselle. Rare photograph. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLV.
AND 4 others, all similar size, i.a. "La nouvelle machine à voler de M. John Moisant en toîle aluminium et acier" and a browned/ yellowed photograph of ''L' "Antoinette" après avoir été remorqué et amarré au contre torpilleur".
- Manuscript caption on verso.
(Giant Handley Page). Orig. photograph, 11x15,5 cm.
= Contemp. manuscript caption on verso reading: "The Wing Span of this giant Handley Page is 127 feet."
Curtiss jachtvliegtuig op Waalhaven. Press photo, 12x22,6 cm.
- Manuscript caption and owner's name (Hegener) on verso.
AND 19 others of various aeroplanes (mostly bi-planes), mainly press photo's, various sizes, ±1920-1935, i.a. of "Supermarine Four Seater", "Dornier "Merkur", type Do.D.", "Avro Baby", the wreckage of the "Syrinx" (Short L.17 Scylla) and "Fairey III.F".