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Ancient Portrait of Geishas, Nagasaki - Vintage Albumen Print - 1880s/90s

1880s/90s

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Ancient Portraits of Geishas from Nagasaki is a set of five original vintage albumen prints on single cardboard: 34 x 26 cm. They were realized between the 1880s and the early 1890s. Four images on the front 9.5 x 14 cm and one on the rear 21.5 x 27 cm. Caption in Italian, in ink hand-written on under each print. Rare documentation, in impressive and admirable historical pieces. Very good conditions. These photographs, made with a sublime technique for both printing and coloring, achieved enormous success so that the production, as a typology, remained unchanged for almost many years.
  • Creation Year:
    1880s/90s
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 13.39 in (34 cm)Width: 10.24 in (26 cm)Depth: 0.04 in (1 mm)
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  • Condition:
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  • Gallery Location:
    Roma, IT
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: M-1198671stDibs: LU65038134002

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