Otto Schoefft
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(active circa 1870-1890s) Lebanon: "Chaudières de l'usine à sucre à Minieh", 1870s, vintage photographs, albumen prints, 26.7 x 34.8 cm, mounted on original studio card, glued paper strips with printed titles, 42.8 x 51.7 cm, some foxing, (EK)
Otto Schoefft worked as a photographer in Cairo. His earliest known works were shown at the Viennese Photography Exhibition of 1873, and were reviewed by Alphonse Davanne (co-founder of the Société Française de Photographie 1854) as followed: "Scènes orientales et d'Egypte, très artistique". As early as the 1880s, he was already employing the title, ‘Photographe de la Cour du Caire’. Even though he was mentioned in many contemporary publications, very few of his photographs are now well-known. As cited in: N. Perez, Focus East, publ. N Abrams, The Domino Press, Jerusalem
Specialist: Mag. Eva Königseder
Mag. Eva Königseder
+43-1-515 60-421
eva.koenigseder@dorotheum.at
14.06.2017 - 15:00
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EUR 1,625.-
- Estimate:
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EUR 800.- to EUR 1,000.-
Otto Schoefft
(active circa 1870-1890s) Lebanon: "Chaudières de l'usine à sucre à Minieh", 1870s, vintage photographs, albumen prints, 26.7 x 34.8 cm, mounted on original studio card, glued paper strips with printed titles, 42.8 x 51.7 cm, some foxing, (EK)
Otto Schoefft worked as a photographer in Cairo. His earliest known works were shown at the Viennese Photography Exhibition of 1873, and were reviewed by Alphonse Davanne (co-founder of the Société Française de Photographie 1854) as followed: "Scènes orientales et d'Egypte, très artistique". As early as the 1880s, he was already employing the title, ‘Photographe de la Cour du Caire’. Even though he was mentioned in many contemporary publications, very few of his photographs are now well-known. As cited in: N. Perez, Focus East, publ. N Abrams, The Domino Press, Jerusalem
Specialist: Mag. Eva Königseder
Mag. Eva Königseder
+43-1-515 60-421
eva.koenigseder@dorotheum.at
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Auction: | Art Photography |
Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
Date: | 14.06.2017 - 15:00 |
Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
Exhibition: | 08.06. - 14.06.2017 |
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