Auction 71
Modern and Contemporary Art Auction
Dec 5, 2019
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Italy
Piazza Lovatelli, 1 00186 - Rome
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5 December 2019 - 16:00 CET
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LOT 316:
GIORGIO SOMMER
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Sold for: €380
Start price:
€
260
Estimated price:
€600 - €1,000
Auction house commission:
21%
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GIORGIO SOMMER
Francoforte sul Meno, 1834 - Naples, 1914
Lot of nine handpainted albumen printes of Neapolitan folk costumes, around 1880
Albumen manually handprints inks with aniline, various sizes
Prints on thin paper. In the collection, in addition to the famous "writer of letters" and the "shoeshine with pickpocket", there are four rare outdoor scenes. Two prints show a serial of pencil codes printing on the verso.
CONDITION REPORT: Uniform conservation status. Margins with small mechanical lacerations, some failures
