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THB1909 Pedro Guerra Photo - Uxmal Casa del Gobernador
Lot 172
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Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Pedro Guerra (also Pedro Guerra Jordan) (Mexican, 1857-1917), silver albumin photograph, ca. 1909 CE. A wonderful photograph of Casa del Gobernador by Pedro Guerra, a pioneer of photography in the Yucatan area of Mexico whose studio was active from the last quarter of the 19th century until 1917 - set in a mat that is features his red studio seal in the lower right corner with "Photografia Guerra Merida Yuc" around an image of a camera. The composition is labeled "Ruinas de Uxmal- Casa del Gobernador " in the negative at the lower left. Size (photo): 9.7" W x 7.6" H (24.6 cm x 19.3 cm); (backing): 13.75" W x 10.75" H (34.9 cm x 27.3 cm)
For more about Pedro Guerra Jordan, read "Fotografia Artistica Guerra. Yucatan / Mexico" - a wonderful book that according to the Yucatan Times, "presents the history of Yucatan from the late nineteenth century to the mid-twentieth century, through the lens of Pedro Guerra Jordan and his son Pedro Guerra Aguilar." The article continues, "The images, belonging to the Fototeca Pedro Guerra of the Autonomous University of Yucatan (UADY), offer a visual chronicle of the history of the Yucatecan society with which the reader will achieve a better understanding of the lifestyle in Southeast Mexico during the last 120 years."
Provenance: ex-old private New England collection, acquired in the 1970s; ex old Ohio, USA private collection, since 1940s
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#156005Slight bending to overall form of backing, with minor abrasions and staining to photo, and fading to some negative text along lower periphery, otherwise intact and very good. Nice detailing visible across photo.Condition
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