Set Reminder2021-11-16 12:00:002021-11-16 12:00:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : Louis Pierre Ledoux’s Papua New Guinea Collection https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/willow-auction-house/louis-pierre-ledoux-s-papua-new-guinea-collection-7667 Adventurer, Academic, Industrialist: Louis Pierre Ledoux 1936 New Guinea Expedition
In early 1936, on recommendation by American anthropologist Margaret Mead, Louis Pierre Ledoux, headed to the lower eastern Sepik River of Papua New Guinea to study the Murik people.Willow Auction House jill@willowauctionhouse.com
A collection of 35mm colored slides, photos, contact sheets and negatives from Ledoux's travels to Australia, Polynesia, New Caledonia, Singapore and Cockatoo Island. Featuring photos from a project entitled ORD River Project, a giant anthill and an uranium ore mine. Circa 1950-1960.