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Nov. 30, 2011
Nadar jeune (Adrien Tournachon): Angus bull and owner at agricultural fair
Est: €600 - €900
Angus bull and owner at an agricultural fair, Paris. 1856. Salt print varnished with gelatin and tannin. 19 x 28 cm. Photographer's signature stamp and number in the negative in lower left, mounted to board (slightly soiled, warped), annotated in German in ink below the image on the mount. Adrien Tournachon was the younger brother of Gaspard-Félix Tournachon (also known as Nadar). The brothers collaborated briefly after Adrien opened a photographic studio, but competitive tensions arose in 1855. Adrien hoped to continue the studio alone as "Nadar jeune," however a court ruled that Félix, who was the more accomplished photographer, was "the only, the true Nadar". In 1856 and again in 1860, Adrien made a series of photographs of prize-winning livestock at the agricultural fairs in Paris. He used the more rapid collodion wet plate process rather than the slower paper negative process he had previously employed to photograph animals that rarely stood still. At the 1856 livestock show, Tournachon succeeded in making more than 120 negatives, and printed circa 50 of them to be included in an album presented to the minister of agriculture and commerce in July 1856. The photograph offered here is printed in the technique known as vernis-cuit , in which the paper was coated with layers of gelatin and tannin to give the surface the appearance of varnished leather. - Some surface scuffing, crack/tear (ca 2 cm) in upper left corner, warped, otherwise a rich dark print in very good condition.
Galerie Bassenge
Nov. 30, 2011
Nadar: Handwritten signed letter. 1893
Est: €360 - €500
Handwritten letter signed "Nadar". 1 ½ p. 8vo. Ermitage de Lenan par Draveil S.O. 17. 7bre [Septembre] 1893. Mon Poulin, [or "Pousin"] Je dois accumuler tant de besognes sur chacun des voyages très espacés que je fais sur Paris que, forcément, j'ai fait chaque fois reduit à laisser quelque chose derrière moi. C'est ainsi qu'à mon regret il ne m'a pas été permit d'aller à toi Mardi dernier, comme je me l'étais si bien promis. Voilà donc partie remise jusqu'au Mardi 3 8bre [Octobre] (Saint Fauste!). Pour m'éviter le gros desappointement de faire buisson creux, aie l'obligeance de me dire les heures où je serai sur de te trouver ce jour là ou le lendemain 4 (Saint François d'Assises! pourquoi pas simplement de correctionnelle?..). Plus je reflechis plus je crois qu'il y a une mine à exploiter (interessante pour toi et pour nous) dans tes portraits vitraux. Comme je me préoccupe de quelques améliorations dans la rue d'Anjou, cette adjonction trouverait très à propos sa place et j'ai le moyen pour qu'on s'est occupé très sérieusement. Donc à bientôt, mon vieux cocombattant, et d'ici là bon courage et bon espoir, comme toutes assertiées à toi et aux tiens. Nadar Je n'ai pas besoin de te dire que je serais content de me trouver avec ton fils en même temps qu'avec toi." Below the remark of the recipient: "Repondu c'est à l'heure du déjeuner ou tu me trouveras".
Galerie Bassenge

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