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Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 120

Russian Strong Men, Extensive Cabinet Card Collection

Schätzpreis
1.500 $ - 3.000 $
Zuschlagspreis:
1.000 $
Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 120

Russian Strong Men, Extensive Cabinet Card Collection

Schätzpreis
1.500 $ - 3.000 $
Zuschlagspreis:
1.000 $
Beschreibung:

Lot of 49 photographs, featuring one large format silver gelatin photograph, 6.75 x 9 in., on 7.5 x 9.5 in. mount with applied paper label on verso credited to a Russian photographer active in St. Petersburg, and 48 cabinet cards, ca 1890s-1900s. Majority show shirtless men with spectacular facial hair posed with their arms crossed at their chests to showcase their musculature. Also with with photographs of men with numerous medals pinned to their singlets or engaged in feats of strength or acrobatics. Images of note include a well-composed view of a mustachioed man flexing his biceps and back muscles; a man displaying a confident smile and tattooed forearms; a man with eyeglasses and an unremarkable physique; a full-length view of a man with chiseled thighs wearing lace-up wrestling shoes, with furs strewn on the floor; a graceful male acrobat posed in a handstand on a small table; and a man standing on the shoulders of a second male performer, both holding kettlebells in each hand. Many with Cyrillic inscriptions and studio imprints of Russian photographers, including Fagielsky, Leon & Co., and R. Roesch, all of St. Petersburg. Provenance:Marvin Lieber Collection of Early Photographica Condition: Condition varies. Many with spotting, staining, and light soiling. Some with bending and wear at corners, along with pinholes at top.

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 120
Auktion:
Datum:
05.12.2019
Auktionshaus:
Cowan's Auctions, Inc.
Este Ave 6270
Cincinnati OH 45232
Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
info@cowans.com
+1 (0)513 8711670
+1 (0)513 8718670
Beschreibung:

Lot of 49 photographs, featuring one large format silver gelatin photograph, 6.75 x 9 in., on 7.5 x 9.5 in. mount with applied paper label on verso credited to a Russian photographer active in St. Petersburg, and 48 cabinet cards, ca 1890s-1900s. Majority show shirtless men with spectacular facial hair posed with their arms crossed at their chests to showcase their musculature. Also with with photographs of men with numerous medals pinned to their singlets or engaged in feats of strength or acrobatics. Images of note include a well-composed view of a mustachioed man flexing his biceps and back muscles; a man displaying a confident smile and tattooed forearms; a man with eyeglasses and an unremarkable physique; a full-length view of a man with chiseled thighs wearing lace-up wrestling shoes, with furs strewn on the floor; a graceful male acrobat posed in a handstand on a small table; and a man standing on the shoulders of a second male performer, both holding kettlebells in each hand. Many with Cyrillic inscriptions and studio imprints of Russian photographers, including Fagielsky, Leon & Co., and R. Roesch, all of St. Petersburg. Provenance:Marvin Lieber Collection of Early Photographica Condition: Condition varies. Many with spotting, staining, and light soiling. Some with bending and wear at corners, along with pinholes at top.

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 120
Auktion:
Datum:
05.12.2019
Auktionshaus:
Cowan's Auctions, Inc.
Este Ave 6270
Cincinnati OH 45232
Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
info@cowans.com
+1 (0)513 8711670
+1 (0)513 8718670
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