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Photographer, b. 1859 - d. 1943

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            • VITTORIO SELLA 1859-1943 Grand Combin dai pressi del Gran San Bernardo 1901 circa - VITTORIO SELLA 1859-1943 Grand Combin dai pressi del Gran San Bernardo 1901 circa
              Nov. 05, 2024

              VITTORIO SELLA 1859-1943 Grand Combin dai pressi del Gran San Bernardo 1901 circa - VITTORIO SELLA 1859-1943 Grand Combin dai pressi del Gran San Bernardo 1901 circa

              Est: €600 - €800

              Stampa fotografica vintage alla gelatina ai sali d'argento.  29,50 x 39,40 cm Timbro a secco in basso a destra, iscrizione con titolo e nr. 0 sul margine inferiore. - Vintage gelatin silver print.  11.61 x 15.51 in. Photographer's dry stamp lower right, titled and numbered 0 on the lower margin. 

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            • VITTORIO SELLA 1859-1943 Dent du Géant - VITTORIO SELLA 1859-1943 Dent du Géant
              Nov. 05, 2024

              VITTORIO SELLA 1859-1943 Dent du Géant - VITTORIO SELLA 1859-1943 Dent du Géant

              Est: €600 - €800

              Stampa fotografica vintage alla gelatina ai sali d'argento.  29,50 x 39,40 cm Timbro a secco in basso a destra, iscrizione con titolo e nr. 52 sul margine inferiore. - Vintage gelatin silver print.  11.61 x 15.51 in. Photographer's dry stamp lower right, titled and numbered 52 on the lower margin. 

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            • VITTORIO SELLA 1859-1943 Monte Bianco e Tour Ronde dai piedi del Dent del Géant - VITTORIO SELLA 1859-1943 Monte Bianco e Tour Ronde dai piedi del Dent del Géant
              Nov. 05, 2024

              VITTORIO SELLA 1859-1943 Monte Bianco e Tour Ronde dai piedi del Dent del Géant - VITTORIO SELLA 1859-1943 Monte Bianco e Tour Ronde dai piedi del Dent del Géant

              Est: €600 - €800

              Stampa fotografica vintage alla gelatina ai sali d'argento su carta baritata.  29,70 x 39,40 cm Titolata a matita al verso. - Vintage gelatin silver print on baryte paper.  11.69 x 15.51 in. Titled in pencil on the reverse. 

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            • Vittorio Sella (1859-1943) - Gabelliorn - Rothkorn, 1910s/1920s
              Oct. 15, 2024

              Vittorio Sella (1859-1943) - Gabelliorn - Rothkorn, 1910s/1920s

              Est: €800 - €1,200

              Vintage gelatin silver print cm 25,5 x 38,5 | 10 x 15.2 in. Notes in pencil on the verso Framed

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            • Vittorio Sella (1859-1943) - K2 dal Colle V.Sella, 1909
              Jun. 18, 2024

              Vittorio Sella (1859-1943) - K2 dal Colle V.Sella, 1909

              Est: €600 - €800

              Gelatin silver print, printed later, curated by "Istituto di Fotografia Alpina V.Sella" cm 37,5 x 29,8 (cm 32,7 x 28 picture) | 14.7 x 11.7 in. (12.8 x 11 in. picture) Istituto di Fotografia Alpina V.Sella stamp on the verso

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            • Vittorio Sella (1859-1943) - Il Gran Paradiso dal Col Baretti, 1894
              Jun. 18, 2024

              Vittorio Sella (1859-1943) - Il Gran Paradiso dal Col Baretti, 1894

              Est: €800 - €1,200

              Gelatin silver printed in 1988 cm 29,9 x 39,8 (cm 28,3 x 38,2 picture) | 11.8 x 15.7 in. (11.2 x 15 in. picture) Photographer's credit blindstamp on the image

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            • Vittorio Sella (1859-1943) - Cervino Rothern, 1887
              Jun. 18, 2024

              Vittorio Sella (1859-1943) - Cervino Rothern, 1887

              Est: €800 - €1,200

              Gelatin silver print, printed later cm 30 x 39,5 (cm 27,9 x 37,5 picture) | 11.8 x 15.5 in. (10.9 x 14,5 in. picture) Photographer's credit blindstamp on the image

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            • Vittorio Sella (1859-1943) - Monte Rosa, parete sud salendo al Fallerhorn, 1982
              Jun. 18, 2024

              Vittorio Sella (1859-1943) - Monte Rosa, parete sud salendo al Fallerhorn, 1982

              Est: €800 - €1,200

              Gelatin silver print, printed later cm 29,8 x 39,8 (cm 27,8 x 37,8 picture) | 11.7 x 15.7 in. (10.9 x 14.8 in. picture) Photographer's credit blindstamp on the image

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            • Vittorio Sella (1859-1943) - Cogne e Valle di Valnontey, 1890s/1900s
              Apr. 23, 2024

              Vittorio Sella (1859-1943) - Cogne e Valle di Valnontey, 1890s/1900s

              Est: €1,000 - €1,500

              Gelatin silver print cm 28,3 x 37,7 | 11.2 x 14.8 in. Photographer's credit blindstamp on the image Of the great Biellese photographer, Vittorio Sella, one can equally appreciate, on one hand, his ability to tackle a subject as novel in the late 19th century as mountain photography and, on the other, the meticulous precision with which he made his prints. In order to realise those works that would later be defined with a neologism 'photo-mountaineering', one had to be an appreciable climber, also considering the fact that one had to move around with heavy equipment, as unwieldy as the optical benches of the past were and as fragile as the glass plates that served as negatives. But it is not only that sense of grandeur that transpires from his images that makes his photographs valuable, but also the technique he himself invented, thanks to which he made particularly refined and valuable prints, as can be seen in the photographs shown here.

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            • Vittorio Sella (1859-1943) - Ghiacciaio di Verra, Breithorn, 1890s/1900s
              Apr. 23, 2024

              Vittorio Sella (1859-1943) - Ghiacciaio di Verra, Breithorn, 1890s/1900s

              Est: €1,000 - €1,500

              Gelatin silver print cm 28,3 x 37,7 | 11.2 x 14.8 in. Photographer's credit blindstamp on the image Of the great Biellese photographer, Vittorio Sella, one can equally appreciate, on one hand, his ability to tackle a subject as novel in the late 19th century as mountain photography and, on the other, the meticulous precision with which he made his prints. In order to realise those works that would later be defined with a neologism 'photo-mountaineering', one had to be an appreciable climber, also considering the fact that one had to move around with heavy equipment, as unwieldy as the optical benches of the past were and as fragile as the glass plates that served as negatives. But it is not only that sense of grandeur that transpires from his images that makes his photographs valuable, but also the technique he himself invented, thanks to which he made particularly refined and valuable prints, as can be seen in the photographs shown here.

              Finarte
            • Vittorio Sella (1859-1943) - Sikkim I, 1899
              Apr. 23, 2024

              Vittorio Sella (1859-1943) - Sikkim I, 1899

              Est: €2,000 - €3,000

              Nine gelatin silver prints, printed in 2003 by Fondazione Sella in original box cm 39,5 x 49,5 (cm 29,5 x 39 picture) each one ; cm 58 x 48 x 5 box | 15.6 x 19.5 in. (29.5 x 39 in. picture) each ; 22.8 x 18.9 x 2 in. box Edition 2 of 30 Caption sheet numbered and signed in black ink by Ludovico Sella Of the great Biellese photographer, Vittorio Sella, one can equally appreciate, on one hand, his ability to tackle a subject as novel in the late 19th century as mountain photography and, on the other, the meticulous precision with which he made his prints. In order to realise those works that would later be defined with a neologism 'photo-mountaineering', one had to be an appreciable climber, also considering the fact that one had to move around with heavy equipment, as unwieldy as the optical benches of the past were and as fragile as the glass plates that served as negatives. But it is not only that sense of grandeur that transpires from his images that makes his photographs valuable, but also the technique he himself invented, thanks to which he made particularly refined and valuable prints, as can be seen in the photographs shown here.

              Finarte
            • VITTORIO SELLA 1859-1943 Lyskamm - Glacier Lys 1884
              Nov. 07, 2023

              VITTORIO SELLA 1859-1943 Lyskamm - Glacier Lys 1884

              Est: €700 - €1,400

              Vintage gelatin silver print.  11.69 x 15.67 in. Dry stamp on the lower right recto; titled and numbered '1599' in pencil on the reverse. 

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            • VITTORIO SELLA 1859-1943 Lyskamm - Glacier Lys 1884
              Nov. 07, 2023

              VITTORIO SELLA 1859-1943 Lyskamm - Glacier Lys 1884

              Est: €700 - €1,400

              Vintage gelatin silver print.  11.69 x 15.67 in. Dry stamp on the lower right recto; titled and numbered '106' in pencil on the reverse. 

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            • VITTORIO SELLA 1859-1943 Lyskamm 1884
              Nov. 07, 2023

              VITTORIO SELLA 1859-1943 Lyskamm 1884

              Est: €700 - €1,400

              Vintage gelatin silver print.  11.69 x 15.67 in. Dry stamp on the lower right recto; titled and numbered '363' in pencil on the reverse. 

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            • VITTORIO SELLA 1859-1943 Lyskamm 1884
              Nov. 07, 2023

              VITTORIO SELLA 1859-1943 Lyskamm 1884

              Est: €700 - €1,400

              Vintage gelatin silver print.  11.69 x 15.67 in. Dry stamp on the lower right recto; titled and numbered '400' in pencil on the reverse. 

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            • VITTORIO SELLA 1859-1943 Lyskamm 1884
              Nov. 07, 2023

              VITTORIO SELLA 1859-1943 Lyskamm 1884

              Est: €700 - €1,400

              Vintage gelatin silver print.  11.69 x 15.67 in. Dry stamp on the lower right recto; titled and numbered '306' in pencil on the reverse. 

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            • VITTORIO SELLA 1859-1943 Lyskamm 1884
              Nov. 07, 2023

              VITTORIO SELLA 1859-1943 Lyskamm 1884

              Est: €700 - €1,400

              Vintage gelatin silver print.  11.69 x 15.67 in. Dry stamp on the lower right recto; titled and numbered '1588' in pencil on the reverse. 

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            • VITTORIO SELLA 1859-1943 Punta Gnifetti et Sesia-joch du Plateau du Lys-joch (Monte Rosa) 1884
              Nov. 07, 2023

              VITTORIO SELLA 1859-1943 Punta Gnifetti et Sesia-joch du Plateau du Lys-joch (Monte Rosa) 1884

              Est: €700 - €1,400

              Vintage gelatin silver print.  11.69 x 15.67 in. Dry stamp on the lower right recto; titled and numbered '1581' label on the reverse.

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            • VITTORIO SELLA 1859-1943 Dufourspitze 1884
              Nov. 07, 2023

              VITTORIO SELLA 1859-1943 Dufourspitze 1884

              Est: €700 - €1,400

              Vintage gelatin silver print.  11.69 x 15.67 in. Dry stamp on the lower right recto; titled and numbered '172' in pencil on the reverse. 

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            • VITTORIO SELLA 1859-1943 Lyskamm 1884
              Nov. 07, 2023

              VITTORIO SELLA 1859-1943 Lyskamm 1884

              Est: €700 - €1,400

              Vintage gelatin silver print.  11.69 x 15.67 in. Dry stamp on the lower right recto; numbered '1577' in pencil on the reverse. 

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            • VITTORIO SELLA 1859-1943 Monte Rosa - Lyskamm 1884
              Nov. 07, 2023

              VITTORIO SELLA 1859-1943 Monte Rosa - Lyskamm 1884

              Est: €700 - €1,400

              Vintage gelatin silver print.  11.69 x 15.67 in. Dry stamp on the lower right recto; titled and numbered '541' in pencil on the reverse. 

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            • Vittorio Sella (Italian, 1859-1943)
              Oct. 31, 2023

              Vittorio Sella (Italian, 1859-1943)

              Est: £400 - £600

              Vittorio Sella (Italian, 1859-1943) ▴ Vittorio Sella (Italian, 1859-1943) Biella Mountains, Italy gelatin silver photograph, signed with blind stamp l.r. 30 x 40cm, framed Condition Report: With some spotting to the photograph. Some staining in the area round the blind stamp.

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            • Sella, Vittorio: Signalkuppe des Monte Rosa; Blick vom Lysjoch auf den Monte Rosa
              Jun. 14, 2023

              Sella, Vittorio: Signalkuppe des Monte Rosa; Blick vom Lysjoch auf den Monte Rosa

              Est: €500 - €750

              "Signalkuppe des Monte Rosa"; "Blick vom Lysjoch auf den Monte Rosa". 1899. 1 vintage gelatin silver print, 1 vintage collodion paper print. 24 x 19,5 cm and 28,5 x 37,5 cm. Each with photographer's Vittorio Sella, Biella blindstamp in lower right, each mounted to board, annotated in German in ink below image on mount. -- -- A few minimal surface scuff marks, otherwise in very good condition. -- - Sollten Sie detailliertere Zustandsberichte wünschen, kontaktieren Sie uns bitte. / Should you need more detailed condition reports, please contact us.

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            • Vittorio Sella, Sikkim (Gruppo dell’Everest ?). 1899.
              Dec. 01, 2022

              Vittorio Sella, Sikkim (Gruppo dell’Everest ?). 1899.

              Est: €1,000 - €2,000

              Gelatina ai sali d'argento, mm. 290x390, virata in doppio tono. Nell'immagine, in basso a destra, timbro a secco: "VITTORIO SELLA / BIELLA". Sul verso, a matita, nell'angolo in basso a destra: "45-". Stampa in buono stato, con specchio d'argento a destra e lungo il margine inferiore. (1)

              Gonnelli Casa d'Aste
            • Vittorio Sella, Gruppo del Monte Everest. 1899.
              Dec. 01, 2022

              Vittorio Sella, Gruppo del Monte Everest. 1899.

              Est: €1,000 - €2,000

              Gelatina ai sali d'argento, mm. 288x380, virata in doppio tono. Nell'immagine, in basso a destra, timbro a secco: "VITTORIO SELLA / BIELLA". Sul verso, annotazione autografa a inchiostro: "Groupe du M.t Everest 8840 m. (Nepaul) / depuis le Choonjerma-pass 4500 m. environ / telephotographie a la distance de 130 kilometres". Sotto, nell'angolo in basso a destra: "N.° 135". Stampa in stato di conservazione discreto, con due pieghe nell'angolo in basso a destra e una piccola lacuna sul bordo sinistro; specchio d'argento e ingiallimento lungo i bordi. (1)

              Gonnelli Casa d'Aste
            • Vittorio Sella, Grivola. Punta Bianca, Punta Rossa, Punta Nera. [1882-1892].
              Dec. 01, 2022

              Vittorio Sella, Grivola. Punta Bianca, Punta Rossa, Punta Nera. [1882-1892].

              Est: €1,000 - €2,000

              Gelatina ai sali d'argento, mm. 297x398, virata in doppio tono. Sul verso, annotazione a matita: "Grivola, P. Bianca, P. Rossa, P. Nera / Glacier du Trajo - de la P.te du Dr[...] / téléphotographie". Stampa in buono stato di conservazione, con un po' di specchio d'argento e una piccola lacuna in basso verso sinistra. (1)

              Gonnelli Casa d'Aste
            • Vittorio Sella, Aiguille du Midi, dal Col du Midi. 1881.
              Dec. 01, 2022

              Vittorio Sella, Aiguille du Midi, dal Col du Midi. 1881.

              Est: €1,000 - €2,000

              Gelatina ai sali d'argento, mm. 298x394. Nell'immagine, in basso a destra, timbro a secco "VITTORIO SELLA / BIELLA". Sul verso, annotazioni a matita: "Aig.lle du Midi / vista dal Col du Midi / (18 luglio 1881)"; nell'angolo in basso a destra: "N.° 62". Lungo il margine inferiore al centro, parte di un chiudilettera con timbro dell'autore: "[...] BIELLA". Stampa in buono stato, qualche piccola abrasione. (1)

              Gonnelli Casa d'Aste
            • Vittorio Sella, Dente del Gigante. Grandes Jorasses dal monte Herbetet. [1882-1892].
              Dec. 01, 2022

              Vittorio Sella, Dente del Gigante. Grandes Jorasses dal monte Herbetet. [1882-1892].

              Est: €1,000 - €2,000

              Gelatina ai sali d'argento d'argento, mm. 300x400. Nell'immagine, in basso a destra, timbro a secco: "VITTORIO SELLA / BIELLA". Sul verso, in un'etichetta, didascalia dattiloscritta: "1706. DENTE DEL GIGANTE - Gr. Jorasse etc. dall'Herbetet". Stampa in buono stato, con qualche sollevamento della gelatina. (1)

              Gonnelli Casa d'Aste
            • Vittorio Sella, Ghiaccio. [1920-1930].
              Dec. 01, 2022

              Vittorio Sella, Ghiaccio. [1920-1930].

              Est: €300 - €600

              Gelatina ai sali d'argento d'argento, mm. 395x296. Nell'angolo in basso a sinistra, a inchiostro, la sigla "170 K". Sul verso, a matita: "V. Sella / Ingrandimento" e, nell'angolo "170 K", oltre a un segno di croce (X) a matita. Immagine in buono stato di conservazione, macchie sul bordo bianco lungo il margine destro. In passe-partout con coperta in cartone acid-free. (1)

              Gonnelli Casa d'Aste
            • Vittorio Sella (1859-1943) - Piz Zupò dal Piz Bellavista, 1886
              Nov. 16, 2022

              Vittorio Sella (1859-1943) - Piz Zupò dal Piz Bellavista, 1886

              Est: €800 - €1,200

              Gelatin silver print, printed in years 1930 11.8 x 15.6 in. (10.9 x 14.8 in. picture) Photographer's credit blind stamp on the image and photographer's didactic credit stamp on the verso

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            • Sella Vittorio, SEL-70
              Dec. 14, 2021

              Sella Vittorio, SEL-70

              Est: €1,000 - €2,000

              K2 al tramonto dalla morena del Godwin-Austen, , Vintage gelatin silver print, , W. 29,6 - H. 23,5 Cm, Catalogo della mostra Cattedrali di ghiaccio, Vittorio Sella, Himalaya 1909 a cura di Daria Jorioz e di Paolo Repetto, Centro Saint-Bénin di Aosta (5 Novembre 2016 - 26 Marzo 2017), Nuvole Rosse Edizioni, 2016, p. 111., , -Cattedrali di ghiaccio, Vittorio Sella, Himalaya 1909, Centro Saint-Bénin di Aosta (5 Novembre 2016 - 26 Marzo 2017).

              Cambi Casa d'Aste
            • Alpine Views: Alpine views
              Dec. 08, 2021

              Alpine Views: Alpine views

              Est: €600 - €800

              Photographer: Gebrüder Wehrli, Vittorio Sella (1859-1943) and unknown. Alpine views. 1900. 7 vintage gelatin silver prints, 3 collodion paper prints, 5 photochromes. Between circa 21 x 26 and 16 x 22 cm. Some with title/photographer's name in the negative in lower edge, 3 with Sella's blindstamp in lower right corner. Very attractive group of Alpine glacier formations and mountains, including three views by Vittorio Sella. – Some with light handling marks/creases, some with silver mirroring in edges, some with bumped corners, otherwise most in very good condition. - Sollten Sie detailliertere Zustandsberichte wünschen, kontaktieren Sie uns bitte. / Should you need more detailed condition reports, please contact us.

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            • SELLA, VITTORIO: Märjelensee (Aletschgletscher).
              Nov. 04, 2021

              SELLA, VITTORIO: Märjelensee (Aletschgletscher).

              Est: CHF300 - CHF500

              SELLA, VITTORIO (1859 Biella 1943) : Märjelensee (Aletschgletscher); Silbergelatineabzug; 27,5x37 cm (LM), gerahmt; Präge-Sig. u.r., verso Stpl. "Sella Vittorio"

              Dobiaschofsky Auktionen AG
            • Vittorio Sella (1859-1943), N 193 - K2 dallo Staircase a 7000m circa - 1909
              Jul. 08, 2021

              Vittorio Sella (1859-1943), N 193 - K2 dallo Staircase a 7000m circa - 1909

              Est: €1,000 - €1,500

              Vintage Gelatin Silver Print, cm 29,6x23,5

              Cambi Casa d'Aste
            • Vittorio Sella (1859-1943), Staircase 7339 m dalla Sella dei Venti 6230 m - 1909
              Jul. 08, 2021

              Vittorio Sella (1859-1943), Staircase 7339 m dalla Sella dei Venti 6230 m - 1909

              Est: €1,000 - €1,500

              Vintage Gelatin Silver Print, cm 29,6x23,5

              Cambi Casa d'Aste
            • Vittorio Sella (1859-1943), N 148 - K2 8611m versante Est-Nord-Est dalla Sella dei Venti - 1909
              Jul. 08, 2021

              Vittorio Sella (1859-1943), N 148 - K2 8611m versante Est-Nord-Est dalla Sella dei Venti - 1909

              Est: €1,000 - €1,500

              Vintage Gelatin Silver Print, cm 29,6x23,5

              Cambi Casa d'Aste
            • VITTORIO SELLA 1859-1943 K2 (telefoto) al tramonto dall'angolo Baltoro
              May. 18, 2021

              VITTORIO SELLA 1859-1943 K2 (telefoto) al tramonto dall'angolo Baltoro

              Est: €1,500 - €2,500

              K2 (telefoto) al tramonto dall'angolo Baltoro 1909 Stampa fotografica vintage alla gelatina ai sali d'argento. 39 x 29 cm Titolata e datata al verso; al verso iscritta 'negativo 1/6244' e recante il timbro dell'Istituto di Fotografia Alpina "V. Sella", Biella.  - K2 (telefoto) al tramonto dall'angolo Baltoro 1909 Vintage gelatin silver print.  15.35 x 11.42 in. Titled and dated on the reverse; inscribed 'negative 1/6244' and bearing the credit stamp of Istituto di Fotografia Alpina "V. Sella", Biella, on the reverse. Provenienza/Provenance Collezione Angelino, Biella.

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            • VITTORIO SELLA 1859-1943 K2 dal ghiacciaio Godwin Austen
              May. 18, 2021

              VITTORIO SELLA 1859-1943 K2 dal ghiacciaio Godwin Austen

              Est: €1,500 - €2,500

              K2 dal ghiacciaio Godwin Austen 1909 Stampa fotografica vintage alla gelatina ai sali d'argento. 39 x 29 cm Titolata e datata al verso; al verso iscritta 'negativo 1/6176' e recante il timbro dell'Istituto di Fotografia Alpina "V. Sella", Biella.  - K2 dal ghiacciaio Godwin Austen 1909 Vintage gelatin silver print.  15.35 x 11.42 in. Titled and dated on the reverse; inscribed 'negative 1/6176' and bearing the credit stamp of Istituto di Fotografia Alpina "V. Sella", Biella, on the reverse. Provenienza/Provenance Collezione Angelino, Biella.

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            • VITTORIO SELLA 1859-1943 K2 al levar del sole dal Campo II
              May. 18, 2021

              VITTORIO SELLA 1859-1943 K2 al levar del sole dal Campo II

              Est: €1,500 - €2,500

              K2 al levar del sole dal Campo II 1909 Stampa fotografica vintage alla gelatina ai sali d'argento. 29 x 39 cm Titolata e datata al verso; il lotto presenta l'indicazione 'negativo 1/6111' e reca il timbro dell'Istituto di Fotografia Alpina "V. Sella", Biella.  - K2 al levar del sole dal Campo II 1909 Vintage gelatin silver print.  11.42 x 15.35 in. Titled and dated on the reverse; lot inscribed 'negative 1/6111' and bearing the credit stamp of Istituto di Fotografia Alpina "V. Sella", Biella. Provenienza/Provenance Collezione Angelino, Biella.

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            • VITTORIO SELLA 1859-1943 Il K2 visto dal Colle Vittorio Sella
              May. 18, 2021

              VITTORIO SELLA 1859-1943 Il K2 visto dal Colle Vittorio Sella

              Est: €600 - €1,000

              Il K2 visto dal Colle Vittorio Sella 1909 Stampa fotografica vintage alla gelatina ai sali d’argento. 39,5 x 30 cm Recante le firme degli alpinisti della spedizione sul K2. Al verso timbro dell’Istituto di fotografia Alpina Vittorio Sella, Biella. Tracce di scotch, lieve specchio d’argento. Montata entro passe-partout. - Il K2 visto dal Colle Vittorio Sella 1909 Vintage gelatin silver print.  15.55 x 11.81 in. Signed by the participants to the expedition to the K2. On the reverse stamped by 'Istituto di fotografia Alpina Vittorio Sella, Biella'. Adhesive tape traces, slight silver mirroring. Mounted within passe-partout. 

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            • SELLA, VITTORIO: Aletschgletscher und Märjelensee.
              May. 06, 2021

              SELLA, VITTORIO: Aletschgletscher und Märjelensee.

              Est: CHF400 - CHF600

              SELLA, VITTORIO (1859 Biella 1943) : Aletschgletscher und Märjelensee; Silbergelatineabzug; 27x36 cm (LM), gerahmt; Sig.-Prägung u.r., verso Stpl. "Sella Biella"

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            • GLORIOUS USHBA and Glaciers Caucasus
              Apr. 27, 2021

              GLORIOUS USHBA and Glaciers Caucasus

              Est: $500 - $800

              VITTORIO SELLA. Ushba (west side), from the Stongra Glen, at 7,200 feet, c. 1889-1890, Sella number CII 776. 15x11.2" collodion print, printed c. 1892-1893, flush mounted on thin board, mounted on 13x16 1/2 grey board. Inscribed in ink on mount recto: Caucasus Ushba from the west II 77; Inscribed in pencil: 6; Print recto embossed with artist's credit stamp in bottom right corner; Inscribed in ink on mount verso: opp p 139 Vol II Caucasus / "Ushba from the West"; Inscribed in pencil: Loan 117 / C-11 / 776 5. Ushba (4,710 m (15,450 ft)) is one of the most notable peaks of the Caucasus Mountains. It is in the Svaneti region of Georgia, just South of the border with the Kabardino-Balkaria region of Russia. Although it does not rank in the 10 highest peaks of the range, Ushba is known as the "Matterhorn of the Caucasus" for its picturesque, spire-shaped double summit. Due to its steep profile and unstable weather, Ushba is considered by many climbers as the most difficult ascent in the Caucasus. Explorer and photographer Frederick H Chapin summarized Sella's 1889 trip to the Caucasus Amc notes Vol. V. No. 4, the results of Signor Sella's photographic works in the Caucasus were placed before mountaineering and geographical societies. Signor Sella was accompanied (in the summer of 1889) by his brother Erminio Sella, Maquignaz the famous Val Tournanche guide, and three Italian porters. Unfortunately, Maquignaz, the skillful climber of the Matterhorn and the Dent du Geant, was taken sick and was obliged to return home; yet the explorers accomplished much photographic work in valleys and among glaciers. The list embraces one hundred and twelve titles. From such a varied collection it is difficult to select pictures for special commendation. One of the beautiful views of Ushba serves as our frontispiece, and the artist has brought home views of the other great giants of the central Caucasus. This sale of lots from this auction will directly benefit the Appalachian Mountain Club Trails Protection Fund; Conservation Research and Climate Action; and the Modernization and Preservation of the AMC Library and Archives.

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            • 2 STUNNING Views of Ushba & Glaciers
              Apr. 27, 2021

              2 STUNNING Views of Ushba & Glaciers

              Est: $800 - $1,250

              1. VITTORIO SELLA. Ushba, from 7,500 feet, on the Gvalda Glacier, c. 1889-1890, Sella number CII 763. 15.3x11.3" collodion print, printed c. 1892-1893, flush mounted on thin board, mounted on 13x16 1/2" grey board. Inscribed in ink on mount recto: Caucasus Ushba, from 7,500 feet, on the Gvalda Glacier II 763; Print recto embossed with artist's credit stamp in bottom right corner; Inscribed in pencil on mount verso: C-II / 763. 2. VITTORIO SELLA. Ushba, from Mazeri village, c. 1889-1890, Sella number CII 769. 15.3x11.2" collodion print, printed c. 1892-1893, flush mounted on thin board, mounted on 13 1/8x16 1/2" grey board. Inscribed in ink on mount recto: Caucasus Ushba II 769; Print recto embossed with artist's credit stamp in bottom right corner; Inscribed in ink on mount verso: Caucasus Mts. / Illegible / Ushba. From August through October 1890 he went with his brother Erminio, photography assistant Emilio Botta, guide Fabian Croux, and porters Secondino Bianchetti and Giuseppe Gamba for a second trip to the Caucasus. On August 7 Sella photographed a funerary feast day, which is the subject of many photographs in this group. There were four first ascents; traveling to Zinaga, Adai Khokh district (including mapping), and Suanetian Glaciers, they returned through Suanetia, photographing Ushba and the countryside and making ethnographic views. "At daybreak grey mists were driving about the higher peaks. Still the weather did not look by any means hopeless. The chief fatigue in the ascent was a tiresome gully - tiresome only because it was filled with loose, small fragments of slate, which sank under the feet like shingle on a sea - beach. Above this a rocky buttress, where Signor Sella found many crystals of great size, gave easy access to the snow. On our right the neve ended in broken cliffs, fragments of which formed a small glacier remained at the bottom of a dark precipice far below us. On our left the mountain sloped in an enormous mass of absolutely smooth slate, pitched at a very high angle. At this point the clouds covered us, and all distant view was lost. Twenty minutes' tramp up snow-banks brought us to the long level ridge that forms the summit. Freshfield" p. 124. Ushba (4,710 m (15,450 ft) is one of the most notable peaks of the Caucasus Mountains. It is in the Svaneti region of Georgia, just south of the border with the Kabardino-Balkaria region of Russia. Although it does not rank in the 10 highest peaks of the range, Ushba is known as the "Matterhorn of the Caucasus" for its picturesque, spire-shaped double summit. Due to its steep profile and unstable weather, Ushba is considered by many climbers as the most difficult ascent in the Caucasus.

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            • SPECTACULAR Gvalda Glacial Valley 1890
              Apr. 27, 2021

              SPECTACULAR Gvalda Glacial Valley 1890

              Est: $1,500 - $2,000

              VITTORIO SELLA. Gvalda Glacier, from 11,300 feet on Latraldash, c. 1889-1890, Sella number CII 761. 11.1x15.3" collodion print, printed c. 1892-1893, flush mounted on thin board, mounted on 16 1/2x12 7/8" grey board. Inscribed in ink on mount recto: Caucasus Gvalda Glacier, from 11,300 feet on Latraldash II 761; Print recto embossed with artist's credit stamp in bottom right corner; Inscribed in pencil on mount verso: II 761 / VS11238; Inscribed in ink: Caucasus. By the early 1890s the idea that photographs could be artistic was commonplace, though most artists, including the young Alfred Stieglitz, held that they should be "painterly", soft-focused pictures representing nostalgic, sentimental and romantic qualities. Running parallel to this "pictorial" sensibility were the sharp focused views made by exploration photographers like Sella who was striving to capture geological and geographical verisimilitude through powerfully composed crisp pictures. By 1910 photographers like Stieglitz and Paul Strand began to shift away from pictorial imagery in favor of more documentary, unsentimental, hard edged pictures with a "modernist" sensibility, very like the pictures that Sella had been producing all along. Artistically, Sella was ahead of his time since he had an eye for the abstract masses of mountains, as well as the details of escarpments and glaciers. The rhythm and form of glaciers spreading from and up mountain peaks, forming rivers and bowls around and up to the highest peaks were a compelling composition for Vittorio Sella.

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            • 2 PANEL Panorama Thurber Glacier Gistola Tetnuldi
              Apr. 27, 2021

              2 PANEL Panorama Thurber Glacier Gistola Tetnuldi

              Est: $3,000 - $4,000

              VITTORIO SELLA. Thuber Glacier and Mt. Tiktingen (759); Mts. Pangruian, Lugsariel, Gestola, the Zanner Glacier [Gistola and Tetnuldi] (760) Panoramic views from Mt. Latraldash, 12,628 feet, c. 1889-1890, Sella numbers CII 759, 760. 11.2x29" collodion print, printed c. 1893, mounted on 31 1/8x12 1/8" brown board. 1. Inscribed in ink on mount recto: 759. Thuber Glacier and Mt. Tiktingen; Inscribed in ink on mount verso: Caucasus / 759 - 760 / Latraldash. 3850 met; Stamped in ink on mount verso: Depose / Tous droits - reserves / V. Sella - Biella. 2. Inscribed in ink on mount recto: Panoramic views from Mt. Latraldash, 12,628 feet / 760. Mts. Pangruian, Lugsariel, Gestola, the Zanner / Glacier etc.; Inscribed in blue pencil on mount recto: C.II. Vittorio Sella lived during the Golden Age of European mountain exploration when many peaks were being scaled for the first time. Prior to his era, mountains were mostly regarded as dangerous obstacles to be crossed, haunted by evil spirits. The early nineteenth century saw a dramatic shift in people's perception of mountains, heralded by the Romantic poets who lauded them as "palaces of nature" that embodied the eternal. To Wordsworth and others of the Romantic era, alpine pinnacles became symbols of the heights to which the imagination of man could aspire, toward the unattainable goals of understanding infinity, eternity, and the vastness of God. It was no accident that the beginnings of mountaineering as a sport coincided with the recognition that mountains were, in fact, beautiful. And the development of photography coincided with that very moment in the history of natural philosophy which has been called the "era of moralized mountaineering". This ushered in a sudden interest in landscape and natural scenery, along with poetry, painting, photography, and the art of travel as people sought out the heightened emotions brought about by a full experience of nature. Sella worked in all four seasons and under the most difficult circumstances, documenting the highest regions of the earth with extraordinary artistry. Ansel Adams paid tribute to Sella's greatness in a 1946 article for the Sierra Club Bulletin when he wrote, "with Sella's sensitive insight and response the magnificence of mountains is distilled into a high order of expression". Tetnuldi 4,858 m (15,938 ft) is a prominent peak in the central part of the Greater Caucasus Mountain Range, located in the Svaneti region of Georgia. According to most sources, Tetnuldi is the 10th highest peak of the Caucasus. The slopes of the mountain are glaciated generally above the 3,000 metre (9,840 ft) line. The most prominent glacier of the mountain is called Adishi. It was first climbed by Douglas Freshfield in 1896.

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            • 4 VIEWS Ushba & Lower Valleys
              Apr. 27, 2021

              4 VIEWS Ushba & Lower Valleys

              Est: $1,000 - $1,500

              1. VITTORIO SELLA. Leila-Gora and the Villages of Mestia and Lenncher. From the hills above Mulach Village, c. 1889-1890, Sella number CII 758. 11.1x15.2" collodion print, printed c. 1892-1893, flush mounted on thin board, mounted on 16 1/2x13" grey board. Inscribed in pencil on mount recto: Caucasus Leila-Gora and villages of Mestia and Lenncher II 758; Print recto embossed with artist's credit stamp in bottom right corner; Inscribed in pencil on mount verso: C-II / 758. 2. VITTORIO SELLA. Ushba and Mestia-Tau, c. 1889-1890, Sella number CII 757. 11.1x15.3" collodion print, printed c. 1892-1893, flush mounted on thin board, mounted on 16 1/2x13" grey board. Inscribed in pencil on mount recto: Caucasus II 757; Print recto embossed with artist's credit stamp in bottom right corner; Inscribed in pencil on mount verso: C-II / 757. 3. VITTORIO SELLA. Tetnuld, Gestola, and the Village of Mujal, c. 1889-1890, Sella number CII 756. 11.3x15.4" collodion print, printed c. 1892-1893, mounted on 16 3/4x12 1/4" heavy brown board. Inscribed in ink on mount recto: 756. Tetnuld, Gestola, and the Village / of Mujal; Inscribed in blue pencil: C.II.; Print recto embossed with artist's credit stamp in bottom right corner; Stamped in ink on mount verso: Depose / Tous droits - reserves / V. Sella - Biella. 4. VITTORIO SELLA. Ushba from 7,050 feet above Latel Village, c. 1889-1890, Sella number CII 765. 11.3x15.4" collodion print, printed c. 1892-1893, mounted on 16 3/4x12 1/4" heavy brown board. Inscribed in ink on mount recto: Caucasus / Ushba from 7,050 feet, above Latal village / II 765. Print recto embossed with artist's credit stamp in bottom right corner; Stamped in ink on mount verso: Depose / Tous droits - reserves / V. Sella - Biella; Inscribed mount verso pencil: Loan 118; Inscribed in ink mount verso Ushba - (Matterhorn of the Caucasus). This sale of lots from this auction will directly benefit the Appalachian Mountain Club Trails Protection Fund; Conservation Research and Climate Action; and the Modernization and Preservation of the AMC Library and Archives.The prints in this lot like hundreds of others were in many exhibitions sponsored by the AMC in the 1890s and the prints suffered wear. Thus, these exhibition prints are being offered here at bargain prices. Ushba 4,710 m (15,450 ft) is one of the most notable peaks of the Caucasus Mountains. It is in the Svaneti region of Georgia, just south of the border with the Kabardino-Balkaria region of Russia. Although it does not rank in the 10 highest peaks of the range, Ushba is known as the "Matterhorn of the Caucasus" for its picturesque, spire-shaped double summit. Due to its steep profile and unstable weather, Ushba is considered by many climbers as the most difficult ascent in the Caucasus. "I have left to the last the journeys of Signor Vittorio Sella, my fellow -labourer in the preparation of this work. In 1889 he made, with his younger brother Erminio, a long journey in the mountains: and in 1890 he returned to them, taking with him three Italian farm servants to carry his photographic apparatus. He climbed, besides Elbruz and the Laila, three high summits, Burdjula, Zikhvarga, and Ulluauz Bashi. But his distinguishing success was in the work that gives their chief value to these volumes. He has illustrated the Caucasian snows as no distant glacier chain has ever been illustrated before. With the help of his sturdy Piedmontese followers, he carried his camera and his glass-plates to elevations of over sixteen thousand feet, and brought back with him images, not only of the valleys and their people, but of the summits and their vast mountain panoramas. He anticipated the Russian surveyors in correcting the representation of the Suanetian glaciers on the five-verst map." Freshfield p. 21. The prints in this lot like hundreds of others were in many exhibitions sponsored by the AMC in the 1890s and the prints suffered wear. Thus, these exhibition prints are being offered here at bargain prices.

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            • 3 Prints Tetnuldi Shkara & Ushba Svaneti
              Apr. 27, 2021

              3 Prints Tetnuldi Shkara & Ushba Svaneti

              Est: $800 - $1,500

              1. VITTORIO SELLA. Shkara and Gibiani village, from Ushkul village, c. 1889-1890, Sella number CII 749. 11.2x15" collodion print, printed c. 1892-1893, mounted on 16 5/8x12 3/4" modern cream board. Inscribed in pencil on mount recto: CII 749; Print recto embossed with artist's credit stamp in bottom right corner; Inscribed in pencil on mount verso: Mount Shkara + Village of Gibiani: 1890/ P42 Summit / CII 749. 2. VITTORIO SELLA. Ushba, from the hills above Mujal village, c. 1889-1890, Sella number CII 754. 11.3x15.2" collodion print, printed c. 1892-1893, mounted on 16 1/4x12 1/8" heavy brown board. Inscribed in ink on mount recto: 754. Ushba, from the hills above Mujal village; Inscribed in blue pencil: C.II.; Print recto embossed with artist's credit stamp in bottom right corner; Stamped in ink on mount verso: Depose / Tous droits - reserves / V. Sella - Biella. 3. VITTORIO SELLA. Tetnuld and the Adish Glacier, from the hills between Kalda and Adish, c. 1889-1890, Sella number CII 751. 11.2x15.3" collodion print, printed c. 1892-1893, flush mounted on thin board, mounted on 16 1/2x12 7/8" grey board. Inscribed in ink on mount recto: Caucasus Tetnuld and the Adish Gl (missing) II 751; Print recto embossed with artist's credit stamp in bottom right corner; Inscribed in pencil on mount verso: C-II / 751. Shkhara (5,193 m (17,000 ft)) is the highest point in the nation of Georgia. Located in the Svaneti region along the Georgia-Russia border, Shkhara lies 88 kilometers (55 mi) North of the city of Kutaisi, Georgia's second-largest city. The summit lies in the central part of the Greater Caucasus Mountain Range, to the south-east of Mount Elbrus, Europe's highest mountain. Shkhara is the third-highest peak in the Caucasus, just behind Dykh-Tau. Ushba (4,710 m (15,450 ft)) is one of the most notable peaks of the Caucasus Mountains. It is in the Svaneti region of Georgia, just south of the border with the Kabardino-Balkaria region of Russia. Although it does not rank in the 10 highest peaks of the range, Ushba is known as the "Matterhorn of the Caucasus" for its picturesque, spire-shaped double summit. Due to its steep profile and unstable weather, Ushba is considered by many climbers as the most difficult ascent in the Caucasus. Tetnuldi 4,858 m (15,938 ft) is a prominent peak in the central part of the Greater Caucasus Mountain Range, located in the Svaneti region of Georgia. According to most sources, Tetnuldi is the 10th highest peak of the Caucasus. The slopes of the mountain are glaciated generally above the 3,000 meter (9,840 ft) line. The most prominent glacier of the mountain is called Adishi. It was first climbed by Douglas Freshfield in 1896 The rhythm and form of glaciers spreading from and up mountain peaks, forming rivers and bowls around and up to the highest peaks were a compelling composition for Vittorio Sella. This sale of lots from this auction will directly benefit the Appalachian Mountain Club Trails Protection Fund; Conservation Research and Climate Action; and the Modernization and Preservation of the AMC Library and Archives. The prints in this lot like hundreds of others were in many exhibitions sponsored by the AMC in the 1890s and the prints suffered wear. Thus, these exhibition prints are being offered here at bargain prices.

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            • 4 PANEL Pano Tetnuldi, Shkara fr Mt Dadiash 12,000 ft.
              Apr. 27, 2021

              4 PANEL Pano Tetnuldi, Shkara fr Mt Dadiash 12,000 ft.

              Est: $3,500 - $5,000

              VITTORIO SELLA. Tetnuld (744); Shkara (745); Koruldu (746); High Glens of Skenes-Skali River (747) Panoramic views from Mount Dadiash, at about 12,000 feet, c. 1889-1890, Sella numbers CII 744-747. 10x58.7" 4 collodion prints, printed c. 1893, mounted on 12.2x60.5" brown board. 1. Inscribed in ink on mount recto: 744. Tetnuld.; Inscribed in pencil on mount verso: 747; Inscribed in ink on mount verso: Caucasus / 744-747 / panorama Dadiash / mi 5690; Stamped in ink on mount verso: Depose / Tous droits - reserves / V. Sella - Biella. 2. Inscribed in ink on mount recto: Shkara 745. 3. Inscribed in ink on mount recto: 746. Koruldu. 4. Inscribed in ink on mount recto: 747. High Glens of Skenes-Skali River. / Panoramic views from Mount Dadiash, at about 12,000 feet; Inscribed in blue pencil: C.II.; Print recto embossed with artist's credit stamp in bottom right corner. This with other panoramas are highlights of Sella's photographic career. Shkhara (5,193 m (17,000 ft)) is the highest point in the nation of Georgia. Located in the Svaneti region along the Georgia-Russia border, Shkhara lies 88 kilometers (55 mi) north of the city of Kutaisi, Georgia's second-largest city. The summit lies in the central part of the Greater Caucasus Mountain Range, to the Southeast of Mount Elbrus, Europe's highest mountain. Shkhara is the third-highest peak in the Caucasus, just behind Dykh-Tau. Tetnuldi 4,858 m (15,938 ft) is a prominent peak in the central part of the Greater Caucasus Mountain Range, located in the Svaneti region of Georgia. According to most sources, Tetnuldi is the 10th highest peak of the Caucasus. The slopes of the mountain are glaciated generally above the 3,000 meter (9,840 ft) line. The most prominent glacier of the mountain is called Adishi. It was first climbed by Douglas Freshfield in 1896. Explorer and photographer Frederick H Chapin summarized Sella's 1889 trip to the Caucasus AMC notes Vol. V. No. 4, the results of Signor Sella's photographic work in the Caucasus has been placed before mountaineering and geographical societies. Signor Sella was accompanied (in the summer of 1889) by his brother Erminio Sella, Maquignaz the famous Val Tournanche guide, and three Italian porters. Unfortunately, Maquignaz, the skillful climber of the Matterhorn and the Dent du Geant, was taken sick and was obliged to return home; yet the explorers accomplished much photographic work in valleys and among glaciers. The list embraces one hundred and twelve titles. From such a varied collection it is difficult to select pictures for special commendation. One of the beautiful views of Ushba serves as our frontispiece, and the artist has brought home views of the other great giants of the central Caucasus. Frederick Chapin wrote for the AMC Bulletin about Sella's 1889 trip to the Caucasus: From the Eastern peak of Elbruz, four panoramic views were secured. These are very successful in every way, but especially so in representing grand cloud effects. In one of these (No. 601), which shows sombre rocks in the foreground, the clouds far below the observer seem to be tossing like the billows of the ocean and disappear over the distant plain; in another of the same series (No. 602), they look like a great inland sea.

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