Auction 110
Winner's Unlimited - Eretz Israel and Zionism, Postcards and Photographs, Posters, Maps, Judaica, Holy books, Manuscripts, Letters from Rabbis and Rebbes
Nov 7, 2018
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Israel
3 Shatner Center 1st Floor Givat Shaul Jerusalem
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LOT 112:
Hippolyte Arnoux - Photo of Woman in Oriental Dress, c. 1880s
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Start price:
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Estimated price:
$150 - $300
Auction house commission: 22%
VAT: 17% On commission only
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Hippolyte Arnoux - Photo of Woman in Oriental Dress, c. 1880s
Photo of woman in Oriental dress by French photographer Hippolyte Arnoux. Signed in the negative.
Arnoux was active from 1860-1890. He was among the first photographers to arrive in Egypt to photo-document the development of the Suez Canal. He was one of a group of French photographers - Gustave Le Grey, Henri and Emile Bechard, Felix Bonfils,and the Greek Zangaki brothers who worked in the Nile Valley. Arnoux was the official photographer appointed by Universal Company to photograph the digging of the Suez Canal. At the same time, he opened a studio in which he photographed Egyptian and Oriental figures in characteristic dress, such as this picture.
26x36 cm. With matting, 40x51 cm. Very fine condition.
