Mar 13, 2008 - Sale 2139

Sale 2139 - Lot 71

Price Realized: $ 28,800
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 6,000 - $ 9,000
DAGUERRE, LOUIS JACQUES MANDE. Sheet of ink and wash drawings on Jewish subjects, Signed, with holograph captions. Approximately 20x14 inches sheet with four drawings, each captioned, the sheet captioned and signed "Dessine le 12 Novembre 1822 LJM Daguerre." Verso of the sheet contains 20 drawings of ancient musical instruments, each captioned in manuscript. Minor soiling and foxing, marginal tears. should be examined. [Paris], 1822
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The large figures are "Juif tenant le Mezuzoth" and "Juif en habit de priereur"; the smaller figures are "Ancien tombeau de Rachel, selon J. Nicolai" and "Tombeau de Rachel tel qu'on le voit a present selon Mr. Le Brun et autres voyageurs."
Daguerre (1787-1851) started in life as an artist and set designer, working at the Paris Opera and then opening his Diorama while working on the development of the first photographic process, on which his fame rests. examples of his art work are exceedingly rare.