Festival
Paris Photo 2011
Hans P. Kraus, Jr. (USA)
John Dillwyn Llewelyn The fortune teller, 1856 Coated salt print from a wet collodion negative 21.2 x 16.1 cm
Julia Margaret CAMERON (English, born in India, 1815-1879) Andrew K. Hichens, October 1874 Albumen print from a wet collodion negative 36.1 x 28.6 cm mounted on 58.1 x 46.4 cm card, ruled in gilt Signed, titled, dated and inscribed in ink "From life / registered photograph copy right / FreshWater / My Birthday Gift to sweet Adeline / The most excellent and delightful of Men / A Man May can love for ever" with Colnaghi blindstamp on mount.
BISSON FRERES Black goat, circa 1855 Salt print from a collodion negative 14.2 x 19.0 cm. on 31.4 x 44.7 cm mount Partial publisher's blindstamp: "A. Morel Editeur Paris 18 rue Vivienne" and "Bisson Frères Photog." ink stamp on mount recto.
Guillaume DUCHENNE DE BOULOGNE (French, 1806-1875) Back of man, 1865 Albumen print 16.1 x 11.6 cm on 27.3 x 19.2 cm plate "Photographies Pathologiques/Fig. 5./Phot. par le Dr Duchenne (de Boulogne)./Publié par J.G.Bailliere et Fils, à Paris." printed on mount recto.
Julia Margaret CAMERON (English, born in India, 1815-1879) Madonna and Child, Mary Hillier and Percy Keown*, June 1866 Albumen print 35.4 x 28.7 cm mounted on 53.6 x 44.5 cm card, ruled in gilt Signed and inscribed in ink "From Life" with Colnaghi blindstamp on mount. Inscribed in a later hand in ink "Whitfield / Allensmore / Hereford" and in pencil "This is Mary Hillier, an often / photographed servant of Mrs Cameron's / see Gernsheim's book on JMC plate 20" on mount verso. * This print has received treatment from Paul Messier, report available.
Julia Margaret CAMERON (English, born in India, 1815-1879) Sir John Herschel, 4-7 April 1867 Albumen print from a wet collodion negative 35.5 x 25.5 cm on 36.6 x 27.6 cm paper, untrimmed, mounted on 40.0 x 30.3 cm card Titled and dated in an unknown hand in pencil on mount. (Inventory #301155.20)
William Henry Fox TALBOT (English, 1800-1877) Charles Porter and another man, seated at a table with an urn, circa 1842 or 1843 Calotype negative 18.8 x 22.9 cm Rule lines along edges in pencil, inscription "C.P.", and "n. 6 Double" in pencil on recto.
Étienne-Jules MAREY (French, 1830-1904) "Cheval au galop (2e temps) bipède diagonal droit", circa 1885 Matte albumen print 11.8 x 16.9 cm Numbered "119" in the negative. Titled in Demeny's hand "Cheval au galop (2e temps) bipède diagonal droit / Image unique au millieme de seconde" in black ink on mount. Mounted on greenish board and titled in black ink, "Cheval au galop(2e temps) bipède diagonal droit/Image unique au millieme de seconde" printed label André Jammes pasted on mount recto. Inscribed by A.J. in pencil on reverse of mount: "Marey./Anc. Coll. Sirot/Provient de Demeny/AJ".
Maria Harriet Elizabeth CATOR (English, 1831-1881) et al. Jestor from theCator Family Album, 1866-1877 The majority, albumen prints collaged onto painted album leaves. Decorative watercolor illustrations or borders. Album: Quarto, Sheets: 26.4 x 20.9 cm
Oscar Gustav REJLANDER (Swedish, resident in England, 1813?-1875) Young lady in costume, 1860 Salt print from a collodion negative 21.3 x 16.4 cm mounted on card
John Dillwyn Llewelyn The fortune teller, 1856 Coated salt print from a wet collodion negative 21.2 x 16.1 cm
Introduction
Hans P. Kraus, Jr has been established in New York since 1984 as a dealer in nineteenth and early twentieth century photographs, specializing in the paper negative era which flourished before 1860.
The gallery is a member of the Art Dealers Association of Amercia, the Private Art Dealer's Association, and the Association of International Photography Art Dealers. Publications include monographs on early photographers and catalogues under the series title Sun Pictures.
The gallery has two annual exhibitions with public hours and participates regularly in international art fairs : Winter Antiques Show, The Art Show (ADAA), The European Fine Art Fair (TEFAF) Maastricht, Art Basel, Paris Photo, and most recently Masterpiece London.
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With the recent dominance of digital photography, analogue or traditional photographs have become increasingly desirable to a growing number of collectors. The finest works continue to be in great demand with little regard to price. Hans P. Kraus, Jr
Artists exhibited
Édouard Baldus, Julia Margaret Cameron, Lewis Carroll, Henri Courmont, Louis-Emile Durandelle, Frederick H. Evans, Roger Fenton, Gustave Le Gray, John Dillwyn Llewelyn, Charles Nègre, Oscar Gustav Rejlander, William Henry Fox Talbot, Félix Teynard, Joseph, vicomte Vigier
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