Oct 22, 2009 - Sale 2191

Sale 2191 - Lot 93

Price Realized: $ 9,600
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 12,000 - $ 18,000
VON GLOEDEN, WILHELM (1856-1931)
Unique album with 16 wonderful "en plein air" studies of nude and semi-nude Sicilian boys, including models atop a leopard skin, draped in togas, and dressed Roman-style with garlands in their hair; with a binding featuring unique transfer images of Von Gloeden's photographs on the front and rear covers. Albumen, sepia-toned silver, and bromide prints, 8 1/2x6 1/4 inches (21.5x15.8 cm.). Folio, leather, with sepia-toned photographs set amidst a hand-colored and gilt floral motif. Circa 1900