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Lot 157

BOUGAULT (ALEXANDRE)
'Caravan au col de Sfa', [Algeria], [c.1900]

14 September 2021, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

£500 - £700

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BOUGAULT (ALEXANDRE)

'Caravan au col de Sfa', [Algeria], sepia-toned panoramic gelatin silver print, embossed blindstamp 'Bougault editeur' to lower right, and purple stamp on verso, minor edge fading wih 2 small tears at lower edge, 230 x 590mm., [c.1900]

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A photo panorama of a camel caravan at the Col de Sfa in Algeria, produced by the French photographer Alexandre Bougault (1851-1911), who had a studio at Toulon. His romanticised panoramas of North African scenes includ "wonderful effects of light and shade" (K. Jacobson, Odalisques & Arabesques. Orientalist Photography 1839-1925, 2007).

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