Return to Image List   Adolphe Bilordeaux - Still Life of Weapons Full Size Contact: Alex Novak and Marthe Smith Email: info@vintageworks.net Phone: +1-215-822-5662 Company: Contemporary Works / Vintage Works, Ltd. Company: 258 Inverness Circle Company: Chalfont, PA   18914   USA URL: http://www.vintageworks.net Ref.#: 6440 Price: $3,500 Medium: Salt print from paper negative Mount: unmounted Image Date: 1855c Print Date: 1855c Dimensions: 8-11/16 x 6-1/2 in. (221 x 165 mm) Photo Country: France Photographer Country: France Description: Stamp of photographer on recto of print. The number '80' reversed out of the negative. Tears and small missing piece repaired professionally. The image contains a small sculpture, pistols, spears, a shotgun, a shield,a cannon ball, daggers, sword, and many other implements of destruction artifully arranged. Extremely rare print with very good neutral color for Bilordeaux, whose prints are usually found pale and very faded. Bilordeaux, a lithographer, was a student of Le Gray and a founding member of the S.F.P. For more information on him, see Jammes and Janis, The Art of the French Calotype, p.151. Provenance: Francoise Doerr, whose late husband found an important cache of the Bilordeaux. Shipping and insurance costs will be added to the price and must be paid for by the buyer. Pennsylvania and New York buyers must pay appropriate sales tax. International clients are responsible for their VAT and other custom's oriented charges.