Gueguen and Miaille Mission Louise Weiss... - Lot 159 - Ader

Gueguen and Miaille Mission Louise Weiss (1893-1983) in China, 1958-1964. Dancers. Funerary stele. Beijing. Forbidden City. Summer Palace. Prayer. Acrobat. Accommodation in Beijing. Opera. Theater. Approximately 150 silver prints and counter-types from the period. Numerous handwritten legends, mentions " Mission Louise Weiss in China - Photo Gueguen et Maille ", indications of cropping and dates on the back. Size : from 4,8 x 6,2 to 21 x 30 cm Journalist, politician and feminist, Louise Weiss undertook a series of trips in the 1950s as part of her geopolitical journal and her research into the recent discipline of polemology, which she helped institutionalize . Gueguen and Miaille Mission Louise Weiss (1893-1983) in China, 1958-1964. Dancers. Funerary stele. Beijing. Forbidden City. Summer Palace. Prayer. Acrobat. Accommodation in Beijing. Opera. Theater. Approximately 150 vintage gelatin silver prints and counter-types. Many handwritten captions, mentions "Mission Louise Weiss in China - Photo Gueguen et Maille", indications of cropping and dates on versos. Dimensions : from 4,8 x 6,2 to 21 x 30 cm