The KORRIGANE. Album of 62 photographs, [1934–1936]; black-and-white photos approximately 21.5 x 15 cm (16) and 11 x 7 cm (46); in an oblong hardcover in-4 album titled *Snapshots*. The Korrigane Expedition (1934–1936) was a major French ethnographic and oceanographic expedition to the South Pacific, funded and organized by a group of enthusiasts: Jean Ratisbonne, Étienne and Monique de Ganay, Charles and Régine van den Broek d’Obrenan. The collections were deposited at the Musée de l’Homme and the Muséum d’histoire naturelle; this significant collection was particularly highlighted at the Musée du Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac. Some photographs bear the stamp of the photographer Isken from Surabaya (Java) on the back: scenes of local life in Indonesia and Oceania, including festivals, offerings, scenes of daily life, agriculture, portraits, markets, monuments, pagodas, vegetation, rice paddies, etc. Included is a glass-covered photo frame (22x28 cm) containing two photographs: one of Jean Ratisbonne’s cabin, the other of the ship La Korrigane.
Estimate
€400 - €500
Result
€1,121
Buyer's premium
32%
The KORRIGANE. Album of 62 photographs, [1934–1936]; black-and-white photos approximately 21.5 x 15 cm (16) and 11 x 7 cm (46); in an oblong hardcover in-4 album titled *Snapshots*.
The Korrigane Expedition (1934–1936) was a major French ethnographic and oceanographic expedition to the South Pacific, funded and organized by a group of enthusiasts: Jean Ratisbonne, Étienne and Monique de Ganay, Charles and Régine van den Broek d’Obrenan. The collections were deposited at the Musée de l’Homme and the Muséum d’histoire naturelle; this significant collection was particularly highlighted at the Musée du Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac.
Some photographs bear the stamp of the photographer Isken from Surabaya (Java) on the back: scenes of local life in Indonesia and Oceania, including festivals, offerings, scenes of daily life, agriculture, portraits, markets, monuments, pagodas, vegetation, rice paddies, etc.
Included is a glass-covered photo frame (22x28 cm) containing two photographs: one of Jean Ratisbonne’s cabin, the other of the ship La Korrigane.
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