Apr 17, 2014 - Sale 2345

Sale 2345 - Lot 156

Price Realized: $ 4,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
LOEWY, MAURICE (1833-1907) & PUISEUX, PIERRE-HENRI (1855-1928)
Select group of 12 plates from "Photographie Lunaire." A series of beautiful images of the moon's surface, including the abstracted valleys and ridges of the rugged landscape, taken from the Paris Observatory. Some showing the lyrical curve of the satellite and space beyond. Oversized photogravures, each approximately 22 1/2x18 3/4 inches (57.2x47.6 cm.), sheet size approximately 31x24 inches, each with the photographers' credit, the series title, plate title, a date, and additional series information printed on recto. 1894-1908