€450.00
édouard Baldus: Cloître de Saint Trophime, Arles c. 1861
Edouard Baldus: Cloister of Saint Trophime, Arles
An albumen print (1861) of the famous photomontage made by Edouard Baldus (1813-1889). On the upper side some discoloration, otherwise in very good condition. Baldus combined several negatives to create the perfect print with details in the light and dark parts. An HDR photograph avant la lettre! We add the second albumen print of the same location by Neurdein. Interesting to compare both prints.
Signed in the lower right corner with his stamp in black ink.
ca. 20,6 x 23,4 cm
This is slightly smaller than the earlier salt prints, trimmed cardboard.
Literature:
Anne de Mondenard; La Mission héliographique 2002 (p.113)
Edouard Baldus, photographe, 1994 (p. 123)
Faking It: Manipulated Photography before Photoshop (p. 44 and 46)
Karen Hellman: Real / Ideal, Photography in Mid-Nineteenth-Century France, Getty Publications 2016 (p. 98-99)