Paul Nadar (1856-1939) - Lot 46

Paul Nadar (1856-1939) Trip to Turkestan. August-November 1890. Tiflis. Turkish bath and old bridge over the Koura. View of Meteki Rock and the Kura from the Narikala citadel. Prince Gagarin. Batoumi, Georgian horseman. Tekké vendors offering travelers baskets of grapes. Tekké family in front of a reed yurt. Georgian woman and rider. Field work. Tajik, Sarthe or Kyrgyz farmers. Samarkand. Uloug-Beg Madrasa. Praying. Watermelon and pomegranate vendor in Registan Square. Alley of poplars. Tashkent, Sarthe women dressed in parandja. Tashkent pavilion. Tashkent International Exhibition. Crossing a ford. Caravan of Turkmen camels. Merv. Tomb of Sultan Sandjar. Emir of Bukhara with his officers and guard, invited to the Merv military review. Interior of the Koukeldach madrasa. Street lined with shops. Caravanserai. Bukhara. The Amou Daria river. Tekké hauling a boat along the bank. Tchinaz, pier on the Syr-Daria. Children. Russian schoolchildren attending the blessing of the troops in Merv. Two girls in a street. Group of children sitting on a terrace near Chakhi Zinda. Young boy climbing to a terrace. Well. Water carriers. 80 vintage silver prints, from soft negatives, on Gevaert Matt paper, reversed on printing (taken from Kodak n°2 and Express Détective Nadar). Some reference numbers or inscriptions in the negative (Détective). Average print size: 16 x 12.5 cm Average round diameter: 8.8 cm Bibliography - Anne-Marie Bernard, Claude Malécot, L'Odyssée de Paul Nadar au Turkestan. 1890. Photographs by Paul Nadar, Paris, Centre des Musées Nationaux/ Monum, éditions du Patrimoine, 2007. - Mathilde Falguière, Michel Poivert, Paul Nadar. Payram. Dialogue photographique sur la route de la soie, Marseille, Éditions Le Bec en l'air, 2018. Provenance: François Lepage Collection, Paris.