PONTING (HERBERT GEORGE) "Midnight in the Antarctic Summer"
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PONTING (HERBERT GEORGE)
"Midnight in the Antarctic Summer", blue-toned carbon print with Ponting's blindstamp lower right, Fine Art Society label on backing board, contemporary oak frame, image 580 x 730mm., [1911]
Sold for £8,750 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • "This beautiful study was secured in the summer, after the break-up of the ice in McMurdo Sound. It was made at mid-night, by the light of the Midnight Sun, which in these regions is then nearly as high at 12 p.m. as at noon. A part of the ice-foot is seen, and in the distance, some stranded icebergs". No. 96 Fine Art Society Exhibition catalogue.

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  • Please note that the image for this lot is incorrectly marked as lot 149 and can be seen on page 112 of the catalogue.

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