Altar Before Rotunda, by Francis Bruguière

Lot 28. Bruguière_web13 3/8 x 10 5/8- inch gelatin silver print, hand colored, on the  original decorative 22 x 13 3/4- inch double mat, signed and dated on the print and again on the mount beneath the print. This is in the rotunda of the San Francisco Palace of Fine Arts at the time of the 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition, printed and colored a year or so later. A masterpiece of evocative pictorialist photography, using the architectural features as a basis for something mysterious, brought out by the coloring (each print colored by hand) and lighting. This is a great example of this print.

$1750

Ten Photographs from the San Francisco Earthquake

San Francisco San Francisco San Francisco San Francisco San Francisco San Francisco San Francisco San Francisco San Francisco San FranciscoFive 5″ x 7″ and Five 4″ x 5″ images depicting destruction from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.  I’ve seen many photographs of the aftermath of this event. These are some of the most interesting as photographs, not only because of what they show, but because of their composition. The one of the upside-down statue is rather wonderful in itself. Tones are slightly light on a few, but there is no damage.

$350