Emile Gsell Sold at Auction Prices

ÉMILE GSELL (1838-1879) An album titled Ruines d'Ang-Cor, Cambodge.

ÉMILE GSELL (1838-1879) An album titled Ruines d'Ang-Cor, Cambodge. Album with approximately 41 exceptionally early photographs depicting Angkor Wat, including its vast ruins, temples, the landscape, and architectural details. Includes a group portrait of the French expedition members, including the director Doudart de Lagrée and other members of the Commission d'exploration du Mékong, seated in the ruins at Angkor Wat. Albumen prints, the images measuring 3 3/4x2 1/4 to 9 1/8x12 1/8 inches (9.5x5.7 to 15.6x11.4 cm.), and the reverse, mounted recto only, the smaller prints up to 4 per page. Oblong folio, gilt-lettered red cloth boards, lightly worn. 1866 Gsell, who was French by birth, was stationed in Southeast Asia, becoming the first commercial photographer based in Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City). He was a member of at least three scientific expeditions, and the images from the first, to Angkor Wat, are among the earliest known from the site. Many of these images are in this album. Gsell was hired by the Commission d'exploration du Mékong, directed by Ernest Doudart de Lagrée, who was apparently influenced by the images made by John Thomson in China, to photograph Angkor (the French having marked their formal annexation of what was called Cochinchina into the French Empire in 1861, formalizing the beginning of the colonial era of France in Southeast Asia). This expedition took place from June to September or October 1866. It was after this expedition that Gsell established himself as a commercial photographer in Saigon. He returned to Angkor in 1873, producing two albums which were shown at the Vienna International Expedition.

Phnom Penh Cambodia: View of Phnom Penh

Photographer: probably Emile Gsell (1838-1879). View of Phnom Penh at the bay of Tonle Sap river. Circa 1866. Albumen print. 22,3 x 31 cm. Mounted to board (slight traces of use and soiled), annotated in pencil below the image on the mount. -- -- The French photographer Emile Gsell worked in southeast Asia and was the first photographer to be based in Saigon. He participated in at least three scientific expeditions and his images of Angkor Wat are some of the earliest of that site. Under pressure of the French, King Norodon I moved his government's seat from Udom to Phnom Penh. This rare view was probably taken shortly after this move in 1866, as it still shows a simple settlement of bamboo huts with the famous Wat Phnom Pagoda in the background from which the town takes its name. After the move of the King the French began to rebuild the city and took Phnom Phenh as the seat of colonial administration. – Three vertical fold marks, small tear in right edge, glued through mounting, a few light foxing spots in sky area, otherwise a rich dark print in good condition. -- - Sollten Sie detailliertere Zustandsberichte wünschen, kontaktieren Sie uns bitte. / Should you need more detailed condition reports, please contact us.

Gsell, Emile: Angkor Wat - Gallery of the bas-reliefs. Portico of the southwest corner

Angkor Wat - Gallery of the bas-reliefs. Portico of the southwest corner. 1866/68. Albumen print. 16 x 22,5 cm. Number 44 and signed by the photographer in lower right corner in the negative. -- -- The French photographer Emile Gsell worked in Southeast Asia and was the first photographer to be based in Saigon. He participated in at least three scientific expeditions and his images of Angkor Wat are some of the earliest of that site. He also took many portraits of natives and the image offered here is one of his most poetic portraits. – A few light spots in sky, otherwise in very good condition. -- -- Lit.: Joachim K. Bautze: Le Catalogue Émile Gsell. In: Angkor. Naissance d'un Mythe. Louis Delaporte et le Cambodge. Sous la direction de Pierre Baptiste et Thierry Zéphir. Paris 2013, pp. 268-273, ill. p. 270, no.57. -- - Sollten Sie detailliertere Zustandsberichte wünschen, kontaktieren Sie uns bitte. / Should you need more detailed condition reports, please contact us.

Cambodia and Vietnam: People, landscapes and villages of Cambodia and Vietnam

Photographer: Emile Gsell and unknown. People, landscapes and villages of Cambodia and Vietnam. 1868-1870s. 6 albumen prints. Circa 21,5 x 16,5 cm. Includes an image of a Hmong warrior. – Some creases, some slightly faded, otherwise in good condition. - Sollten Sie detailliertere Zustandsberichte wünschen, kontaktieren Sie uns bitte. / Should you need more detailed condition reports, please contact us.

Gsell (Emile, 1838-1879). Village scene, Angkor Wat, Cambodia, c. 1866

Gsell (Emile, 1838-1879). Village scene, Angkor Wat, Cambodia, c. 1866 Gsell (Emile, 1838-1879). Village scene, Angkor Wat, Cambodia, c. 1866, albumen print, 26 x 36 cm, aperture mount Qty: (1)

Gsell, Emile: Saigon, Cochin China

[*] Saigon, Cochin China. 1867. Albumen print. 22,6 x 33 cm. Flush-mounted to card. - - The Maison Wang Tai, seen in the background to the left, is still under construction, also indicating the date. – Faded/slightly time-stained in lower corners, slightly buckled, some scuff/scratch marks, especially in right side, otherwise in good condition. - - Lit.: Terry Bennett. Early Photography in Vietnam. Kent 2020, ill. pp. 88-89. - - Sollten Sie detailliertere Zustandsberichte wünschen, kontaktieren Sie uns bitte. / Should you need more detailed condition reports, please contact us.

Gsell, Emile: Studio portrait of Ambassador Nguyen Huu Do of Tonkin

Studio portrait of Ambassador Nguyen Huu Do of Tonkin. 1870s. Albumen print. 27,5 x 21,3 cm. Mounted to board, annotated in pencil on mount recto. - - The French photographer Emile Gsell worked in Southeast Asia and was the first photographer based in Saigon. He participated in at least three scientific expeditions and his images of Angkor Wat are some of the earliest of that site. He also took many portraits of natives and important dignitaries and official figures. – Some fading in edges, some surface scuff marks, otherwise a strong print in very good condition. - - Lit.: Terry Bennett. Early Photography in Vietnam. Kent 2020, ill. p. 85. - - Sollten Sie detailliertere Zustandsberichte wünschen, kontaktieren Sie uns bitte. / Should you need more detailed condition reports, please contact us.

Cambodia: View of Phnom Penh

Photographer: probably Emile Gsell (1838-1879). View of Phnom Penh at the bay of Tonle Sap river. Circa 1866. Albumen print. 21 x 32,3 cm. Mounted to board (slight traces of use and soiled), annotated in blue crayon below the image on the mount. The French photographer Emile Gsell worked in southeast Asia and was the first photographer to be based in Saigon. He participated in at least three scientific expeditions and his images of Angkor Wat are some of the earliest of that site. Under pressure of the French, King Norodon I moved his government's seat from Udom to Phnom Penh. This rare view was probably taken shortly after this move in 1866, as it still shows a simple settlement of bamboo huts with the famous Wat Phnom Pagoda in the background from which the town takes its name. After the move of the King the French began to rebuild the city and took Phnom Phenh as the seat of colonial administration. – A few light surface scuff marks, slight stain in upper left corner, otherwise a rich dark print in very good condition. - Sollten Sie detailliertere Zustandsberichte wünschen, kontaktieren Sie uns bitte. / Should you need more detailed condition reports, please contact us.

EMILE GSELL Saigon: Musiciens

.

EMILE GSELL without title

Emile Gsell (1838-1879). Angkor Wat, Cambodia,

Emile Gsell (1838-1879). Angkor Wat, Cambodia, 1866 or 1873. Six albumen prints, numbered and a few annotated in a contemporary hand verso, 16.8 x 22.8cm (6 3/4 x 9in). Literature: Des Photographes en Indochine, Paris, 2001, pp144-196