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Wertvolle Bücher, Graphik, Historische Photographie

Friday, 24 October 2025 at 11:00 am Lose 1- 1105
Saturday, 25 October 2025 at 11:00 am Lose 1106-2003

Lot 1714 Woodbury & Page. Sammlung von 16 …

Sammlung von 16 OPhotographien mit Porträtaufnahmen. Um 1870. Vintage. Je Albuminabzug auf orig. Atelierkarton montiert. Maße je ca. 9,5 x 5,5 cm. Je unterhalb der Photographie sowie verso mit Photographenstempel sowie gestempelt "Java".

Indonesien - Java

Photographie - Photographen – Mit 16 Aufnahmen von Einheimischen Javas. Die Porträtierten werden in unterschiedlicher Szenerie gezeigt. Teils prachtvoll gekleidet in landestypischer Tracht und traditioneller Manier inszeniert, mit drapierten Werkzeugen und weiteren Utensilien in alltäglicher Szene, eine junge Frau getragen von zwei Kulis, bis hin zum Porträt eines javanesischen Landwirtes mit von Ochsen gezogenen Wagen. - Das Photostudio Woodbury and Page wurde 1857 von den beiden Engändern Walter Bentley Woodbury und James Page in Batavia (heute Jakarta) gegründet. Einige Zeit später stiegen auch die beiden jüngeren Brüder Henry James und Albert Woodbury in das Geschäft ein. Neben dem Schaffen von klassischen Studioporträts reisten Woodbury und Page auch durch Niederländisch-Ostindien photographierten eine Reihe an Motiven, darunter neben königlichen Persönlichkeiten auch Menschen des einfachen Volkes, Genreszenen und Landschaften. - Nur vereinzelt minimal fleckig. Insgesamt äußerst wohlerhaltene Sammlung von ausdrucksstarken Orig.-Photographien.

Photography – Indonesia - Java - Collection of 16 orig. portrait photographs. Vintage. Each albumen print mounted on original studio cardboard. Each with photographer's stamp and stamped "Java" below the photograph and verso. - With 16 photographs of Javanese natives. The people portrayed are depicted in different settings. Some are splendidly dressed in traditional costume and staged in a traditional manner, with draped tools and other utensils in an everyday scene, a young woman carried by two coolies, up to a portrait of a Javanese farmer with a cart pulled by oxen. - The Photostudio Woodbury and Page was founded in 1857 by the two Englishmen Walter Bentley Woodbury and James Page in Batavia (now Jakarta). Later, the two younger brothers Henry James and Albert Woodbury also joined the business. In addition to creating classic studio portraits, Woodbury and Page also travelled through the Dutch East Indies, photographing a range of subjects, including royalty, folk, genre scenes and landscapes. - Only a few minimal stains. Altogether a very well-preserved collection of expressive portrait photographs.

Startprice: 1200 €
Estimate: 1800 €

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