Mar 11, 2021 - Sale 2561

Sale 2561 - Lot 332

Price Realized: $ 500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
HIPPOLYTE MORESTIN (1869-1919)
A medical documentary photograph depicting a man's chest with a scar, with applied hand-coloring.
Hand-tinted albumen print, the image measuring 6 1/4 inches (15.9 cm.) square, the mount 12 1/2x9 inches (31.7x22.9 cm.), with two small labels with notations, in ink, and another notation "Kéloïde," also in ink, on mount recto. Circa 1900
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Morestin was a French surgeon and associate professor of anatomy at the University of Paris. He was one of the founders of cosmetic surgery and is known particularly for his advances in facial reconstruction surgery during WWI.