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DURANDELLE, LOUIS-EMILE (1839-1917)
Group of 3 plates from the series “Le Nouvel Opéra de Paris, Sculpture Ornamentale” including
“Crown ofVictory” (Plate 7),“Head of Minerva” (Plate 11), and “Four Dramatic Faces” (Plate 37).
Albumen prints, measuring 8
1
/
4
x11, 14
3
/
4
x11, and 5
1
/
4
x11 inches (21x27.9, 37.5x27.9, and 13.3x27.9
cm.), each with the plate number in the negative, and Durandelle’s credit, Ducher’s editor credit,
the series title, and plate number, printed on the original mount recto. 1876
[1,500/2,500]
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JOHNSTON, FRANCES BENJAMIN (1864-1952)
“Mrs. Grover Cleveland and the ladies of the Cabinet, Princeton, N.J.” Platinum print, 7
1
/
2
x13 inches
(19.1x33 cm.), double mounted, with Johnston’s signature on the thick primary mount board and
her copyright date on the paper secondary mount, both in pencil; with the title and a list of the
women pictured, in ink, on mount verso. 1897
[1,500/2,500]
This striking group of women is posed in front of a tableau of two Native American woven baskets and
a classically-inspired urn on a mantle.These beautiful objects also appear in Johnston’s well-known self-
portrait, in which she posed herself with one leg thrown over the other, and a beer stein in her hand.
The photograph was taken in 1897, just a few years after Johnston had established her own photographic studio
inWashington, D.C.At that time she was the only female photographer in that city, and worked photographing
many of the celebrities (political and otherwise) the metropolis had to offer. She also traveled to Europe and
throughout the East coast of the United States,notably documenting the educational facilities at Hampton Institute,
Virginia, and Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, as well as Southern homes and gardens and New York City
architecture.Adventurous and ambitious, Johnston is often referred to as America’s first female photojournalist.
Both the Library of Congress and the Huntington Library in California have this image in their collections.
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WHITE, CLARENCE H. (1871-1925)
Mother and children in a woodland setting. Platinum print, 8
1
/
8
x6
1
/
4
inches (20.6x15.9 cm.), with
White’s stylized monogram, in red pencil, on print recto, and with his signature, date, and a thin
rule around the print, in pencil, on mount recto. 1919
[4,000/6,000]
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