Auguste Mestral - The Odyssey of Collecting: Photographs from Joy of Giving Something Foundation New York Tuesday, October 3, 2017 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Robert Hershkowitz, Ltd., Sussex, 2004

  • Catalogue Essay

    Auguste Mestral studied photography with Gustave Le Gray and worked with him on a government commission to photograph France’s architectural heritage in the early 1850s. On his own he photographed the restoration of Notre Dame de Paris, and this image shows a sculpture of St. Denis, the first bishop of Paris, who was martyred by decapitation at the hands of the Roman authorities in the third century.

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Sculpture of St. Denis, Notre Dame, Paris

circa 1853
Salt print.
12 3/4 x 8 1/2 in. (32.4 x 21.6 cm)
Titled 'N.D. de Paris' in an unidentified hand in pencil on the mount.

Estimate
$7,000 - 9,000 

Sold for $35,000

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The Odyssey of Collecting: Photographs from Joy of Giving Something Foundation

New York 3 October 2017