Auction on
18 November 2019 - 14:30 (CET) -
70, rue Vendôme - 69006 Lyon
Twenty years ago, Le Gray's Grande vague caused a sensation, propelling its creator to the skies. The "Great Wave" is now making a comeback with this print discovered in a private individual's home.
Gustave Le Gray (1820-1884), Grande vague, Sète no 17, printemps 1857 (Great Wave, Sète, no. 17, Spring 1857), period albumen print from two wet collodion negatives, mounted on cardboard; print: 34.5 x 41.6 cm. Estimate: €30,000/40,000
Gustave Le Gray (1820-1884), Grande vague, Sète no 17, printemps 1857 (Great Wave, Sète, no. 17, Spring 1857), period albumen print from two wet collodion negatives, mounted on cardboard; print: 34.5 x 41.6 cm. Estimate: €30,000/40,000
Here is a view that belongs as much to the history of photography as of the auction room. We remember the excitement caused by the sale of the now legendary print from the collection of Marie-Thérèse and André Jammes. On 27 October 1999 in London, Gustave Le Gray, hitherto known mainly to a select circle of so-called "primitive" photography buffs, became…
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