Btp 16-2015 (April)

Transmission

16-2015

“The Romantic Agony”

Uploaded at 3.15 pm Monday 20th April 2015 bySerge Plantureux at Montreuil

About the name, “The Romantic Agony” : Mario Praz (1896-1982) wasan Italian-born critic of art and literature. His best-known book, TheRomantic Agony (1933), was a comprehensive survey of the erotic and darkthemes that characterized European authors of the late 18th and 19th

centuries. The book was written and published first in Italian as La carne, lamorte e il diavolo nella letteratura romantica in 1930, translated in FrenchLa Chair, la Mort et le Diable : le romantisme noir, Gallimard/Tel, 1998.

The concepts that were presented in his The Romantic Agony have beenshaped into his design and art criticism. Mario Praz has made a severeimpact not only to the writings of interior design and decoration but also tothe history, and the upkeep of this field of design. “Praz’s rediscovery ofthis minor but fascinating art . . . was a revelation, and the historic no lessthan aesthetic importance of the subject is now recognised by a group ofinformed collectors”

Mario Praz' residence in Palazzo Primoli in Rome has been turned intothe Museo Mario Praz.

Contents of Transmission 16-2015 :

Seven silver and paper prints

Preparing the 19-20 June auction

A Remarkable Exhibition at MOMA

A Remarkable Exhibition at NYPL

Two covers you have missed

n°128

Number Sixteen of the weekly bulletin has been uploaded on monday, 20th April at 15:15 (Paris time).

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Semaine 16 : 20-26 avril 2015

Eugène Disdéri (1819-1889)A Lost painting ?Paris, 1855

Large salt paper print, 214x290, allmargins kept, nice tonality

Large view of a framed painting, afteror before being exhibited in the 1857Salon — painting which could notbe relocated.

Provenance : Edmond Lebel

“Hannibal's crossing of the Alps in 218 BCE was one of the most celebrated achievements of any military force in ancient warfare”

1.500 euros

Week 16 : April 20-26, 2015

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Karl Popp de Szathmari (1812-1887)A New Capital Town : Bucarest, c. 1859

Albumen print, 102 x 113 mm, annotations.

After the failed 1848 revolutions not all the Great Powerssupported the Romanians' expressed desire to officiallyunite in a single state. But in the aftermath of the CrimeanWar, the electors in both Moldavia and Wallachia votedin 1859 for the same leader, Alexandru Ioan Cuza, asDomnitor, and the two principalities of Wallachia andMoldavia became a personal union formally under thesuzerainty of the Ottoman Empire. Following coup d'étatin 1866, Cuza was exiled and replaced with Prince CarolI of Romania of the House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen.The new state, officially named Romania since 1866,gained independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1877.At the end of World War I, Transylvania, Bukovina andBessarabia united with the sovereign Kingdom ofRomania. At the end of World War II, territories whichtoday roughly correspond to the Republic of Moldovawere occupied by the Soviet Union, and a few years laterRomania became a socialist republic and member of theWarsaw Pact. After the 1989 Revolution, Romania begana transition back towards democracy and a capitalistmarket economy.

“Romania was formed in 1859 through a personal union of the principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia”800 euros

Week 16 : April 20-26, 2015

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Hippolyte Blancard (1843-1924) attr.Headquarters of the Paris Commune Paris, 1871

End of 19th century silver print, 225x292 mm.

Iconography of Paris Commune was hiddenbehind the curtain for more than a century.

“Once the fighting began inside Paris, the strongneighborhood loyalties that had been anadvantage of the Commune became somethingof a disadvantage: instead of an overall planneddefense, each "quartier" fought desperately forits survival, and each was overcome in turn. Thewebs of narrow streets that made entire districtsnearly impregnable in earlier Parisian revolutionshad in the center been replaced by wideboulevards during Haussmann's renovation ofParis. The Versailles forces enjoyed a centralizedcommand and had superior numbers. They hadlearned the tactics of street fighting and simplytunnelled through the walls of houses to outflankthe Communards' barricades.”

“At two in the morning on 24 May, Brunel and his men went to the Hotel de Ville, which was still the headquartersof the Commune and of its chief executive, Delescluze. Wounded men were being tended in the halls ”

400 euros

Week 16 : April 20-26, 2015

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Kgl. Preussischen Messbild-Anstalt zu BerlinPrivathaus in Metz, 1895

Vintage exhibition silver print, 360x370 mm, stamps.

“Since the Middle Ages, France sought to attain and preserveits "natural boundaries", which are the Pyrenees to thesouthwest, the Alps to the southeast, and the Rhine River tothe northeast. These strategic aims led to the absorption ofterritories located west of the Rhine river. What is now knownas Alsace was progressively conquered by Louis XIV in the 17th

century, while Lorraine was integrated in the 18th centuryunder Louis XV. The German nationalism, which arosefollowing the French occupation of Germany, sought to unifyall the German-speaking populations of Europe into a singlenation-state. As various German dialects were spoken by mostof the population of Alsace and Moselle (northern Lorraine),these regions were coveted by German nationalists.

The Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine (German: ReichslandElsaß-Lothringen or Elsass-Lothringen) was a territory createdby the German Empire in 1871 after it annexed most of Alsaceand the Moselle department of Lorraine following its victoryin the Franco-Prussian War. The Alsatian part lay in the RhineValley on the west bank of the Rhine River and east of theVosges Mountains. The Lorraine section was in the upperMoselle valley to the north of the Vosges.” (Wikipedia)

“After 1870-1871, 1914-1918 and WWII, moves towards European integration were seen bymany as an escape from the extreme forms of nationalism that had devastated the continent.”

1.200 euros

Week 16 : April 20-26, 2015

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Prof. Auguste Piccard (1884-1962)Landung am Gurgler Ferner, 1931

Two vintage silver print, 122x172 mm, on AgfaBrovira papers, plus onephotographic postcard,

Am 27. Mai 1931 starten Prof. Auguste Piccard und sein Assistent Ing. PaulKipfer von Augsburg zu einem wissenschaftlichen Höhenflug und erreichenals erste Menschen mit einem Ballon die Stratosphäre auf 16.000 m. Wegeneines technischen Gebrechens an der Ventilleine landen die beiden Forscherzufällig am großen Gurgler Ferner in den Ötztaler Alpen bei Obergurgl.Dieses Ereignis ging damals durch die Weltpresse und hat das verschlafenenBergbauerndorf international bekannt gemacht. Auguste Piccard schrieb insein Bordbuch nach der glücklichen Landung: „Schönes, unbekanntesHochgebirge, Gondel und Ballon liegen auf einem Gletscher".

“On May 27, 1931, Auguste Piccard and Paul Kipfer took off from Augsburg, Germany, and reached a record altitude of 15,781 m. (FAI RecordFile Number 10634) During this flight, Piccard was able to gather substantial data on the upper atmosphere, as well as measure cosmic rays. ”

300 euros

Week 16 : April 20-26, 2015

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Hans Müller (Austrian Amateur ?)Der FachmannWien, early 1930’s

Vintage exhibition silver print, 400x295 mm, indications at back : “N°1,Der FACHMANN, Ing. HANS MULLER, PIARISTENGASSE 60, Wien, VIII”.

A nice example of an Austrian Photoclub production before WWII.

1.200 euros

Week 16 : April 20-26, 2015

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Guy Le Boyer (1800-1800)Outre-Quiévrain, 1930

Vintage silver print

L'expression Outre-Quiévrain est utilisée en France comme figure destyle pour désigner la Belgique. Contrairement aux expressions plusanciennes et plus usitées d'Outre-Manche (pour le Royaume-Uni) oud'Outre-Rhin (pour l'Allemagne) désignant la géographie naturellede la frontière, Outre-Quiévrain fait référence à la ville frontalièrebelge de Quiévrain, ancien important point de passage ferroviaireentre les deux pays. Du xixe siècle jusqu'à la Première Guerremondiale, Quiévrain abritait la gare-frontière de la ligne Paris-Bruxelles. Les trains s'arrêtaient et les voyageurs étaient soumis aucontrôle de la douane, installée dans une aile du bâtiment. Passé lagare, on était « outre-Quiévrain ». Par extension, l'expression Outre-Quiévrain est utilisée en Belgique pour désigner la France.

Quiévrain is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian provinceof Hainaut. Shortly after the 1848 French Revolution, Belgian migrantworkers living in Paris were encouraged to return to Belgium toestablish a republic. The "Belgian Legion" was intended to penetrateinto Belgium to "raise the people" and overthrow the Belgianmonarchy. The first group, travelling by train, was stopped and quicklydisarmed at Quiévrain on 26 March 1848.

“title”

300 euros

Week 16 : April 20-26, 2015

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Uncredited photographerMasks Parade Pennsylvania, c. 1975

Vintage silver print, with the “CameriqueStock photos, Blue Bell, PA” stamp.

“Blue Bell was known as Pigeontown, after the large flocks of the now-extinct passenger pigeons that once gathered there. ”

100 euros

Week 16 : April 20-26, 2015

Vente en préparation Preparing June Auction

We are extremely pleased to announce thatwe are currently preparing a photographic auction

which will last two days in Brussels at The Romantic Agony

Next 19 & 20 June 2015previews :

in Paris, Galerie 5 rue du Perche, near the Picasso Museum2 - 8 June, 11 am - 6 pm, reception on the 5th

in Brussels, 40 rue de l’Aqueduc10 - 18 June, 11 am - 6 pm, reception on the 12th

Press Release : 22 April

Last day for consignements : 30 April

Catalogues available online : 18 May

Nous avons le plaisir de vous annoncer que nous organisons une vente de photographies

pendant deux jours à Bruxelles, The Romantic Agony

Les 19 et 20 juin prochainsVisites publiques :

à Paris, Galerie 5 rue du Perche, à côté du musée PicassoDu 2 au 8 juin 2015, de 11h à 18h, nocturne le 5

à Bruxelles, 40 rue de l’AqueducDu 10 au 18 juin 2015, de 11h à 18h, nocturne le 12

Communiqué de Presse : 22 Avril

Cloture des consignations : 30 Avril

Mise en ligne des pdf : 18 Mai

The Thomas Walther Collection at MOMAThe Thomas Walther Collection at MOMA

The MOMA’s Thomas Walther Single Collector PhotographicExhibition just closed yesterday. Every print is vintage, a pleasure forthe eyes, and in good condition.

If the concept of collection would still have a sense, a visit to thisexhibition could warm the desire of every new candidate. Thecatalogue is heavy to bring back but the MOMA special site is awonder. Respecting the space-time coordinates of the various artists’creations : “When MoMA set out to make a website, the goal was tocreate an innovative resource that would take full advantage of the

Internet’s interactivity. In December 2014, MoMA launchedObject:Photo, a digital research platform featuring four datavisualizations that allow visitors to explore the materials, techniques,and art historical context of these 341 modernist photographs.

The visualizations act as entry points: you can choose to map thephotographs by where they were taken, view them grouped togetheraccording to the materials and techniques used, find relationshipsbetween the artists, or plot their lives on a map and timeline. Withineach visualization, you can select or filter the content by topic.”

Public Eye: 175 Years of Sharing Photography at NYPLPublic Eye: 175 Years of Sharing Photography at NYPL

You loved The Day after Tommorow ? Do not miss Public Eye, thefirst-ever retrospective survey of photography organized by NYPL inits celebrated historic location at 42nd street and 5th avenue.

This show, curated by Stephen Pinson takes advantage of this momentto reframe the way we look at photographs from the past... To whatends has the street served as a venue for photographic practice sinceits beginnings ? And, of more recent concern, are we risking ourprivacy in pursuit of a more public photography ?

A beautiful mint copy of Talbot’s Pencil of Nature, with a dedicationto Hippolyte Fizeau... Ranging from photography’s officialannouncement in 1839 to manifestations of its current pervasiveness,this landmark exhibition, drawn entirely from the Library’scollections, explores the various ways in which photography has beenshared and made public. Photography has always been social.

The show had 150.000 visitors and rather than being closed now willbe prolonged until the end of this year.

The covers you have missed

Transmission

16-2015


Uploaded at 3.15 pm Monday 20th April 2015Studios Robespierre

The covers you have missed

Transmission

16-2015


Uploaded at 3.15 pm Monday 20th April 2015Studios Robespierre

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