Feb 14, 2017 - Sale 2436

Sale 2436 - Lot 263

Price Realized: $ 2,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
EUGENE DE SALIGNAC (1861-1943)
Group of approximately 28 photographs depicting construction of the Manhattan Bridge.
A set of formal compositions primarily depicting views of bridge and subway track construction from Nassau Street, Jay Street, and the Flatbush Avenue Extension, including 2 images of the sites of subway accidents, architectural details, and views of the skyline in the background. Cyanotypes, the images measuring approximately 7 1/2x9 1/2 inches (19.1x24.1 cm.), each with a number in the negative, and most of the prints with a combination of notations and stamps, including all but approximately 5 with a caption, in ink, and a small oval Supreme count hand stamp, and 21 with a Manhattan Bridge Brooklyn Plaza hand stamp, on recto. 1913-22