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Ballon Panorama gegend Suippes-Massiges
Air Sailor Battalion 18, march 1915
Panorama de cinq mètres monté en album, composé de 10 épreuves
gélatino-argentiques, chacune de 485x495 mm, tampon humide sur
le montage, couverture illustrée d’une épreuve représentant le ballon
en vol, 100x120 mm
Five meters aerial panorama in 10 sheets bound in an album, 10 gelatin
silver prints, wet stamp mount, illustrated cover with a silver print
soldat français de la grande guerre, wwi
Camouflage champêtre
Marne, vers 1914
Épreuve argentique, 59x83 mm, annotation manuscrite au verso :
«Position camouflée durant la Première Guerre mondiale»
Gelatin silver print. Camouflage was not in wide use in early western
civilization based warfare. 18th and 19th century armies tended to use
bright colors and bold, impressive designs. All has changed in 1914.
edward steichen (1879-1973)
Vue aérienne de Château Thierry, 1918
Tirée par l’artiste, American Expeditionary Forces
Épreuve argentique d’époque, 398x500 mm, cachet rouge au verso
Gelatin silver print on double-weight paper, red wetstamp verso. «In
January 1918, during WWI, he commanded the Photographic Division of
Aerial Photography in the American Expeditionary Forces. He retired in
November 1918 as a lieutenant colonel and decided to burn all of his paintings
and concentrate on photography full time» (Luminous-Lint)
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