Item #CL191-29 [Damaged Two-Masted Sailing Vessel]. J W. Lindt, Australian.
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[Damaged Two-Masted Sailing Vessel]

c1890s. Albumen paper photograph, photographer’s line “J.W. Lindt, Photo., Melbourne” in negative lower left, 15.2 x 20.3cm. Creases to right portion and upper left corner, small missing portions to edges, minor crinkles.

The depicted ship is sailing with only one topsail, as the rear mast appears to be broken off.

Lindt was “one of the first photographers to use the camera creatively to move beyond recording to make evocative pictures that were referred to as pictorialism. He became recognised nationally and internationally for his artistic contribution to the development of photography.” Ref: Grafton Regional Gallery.

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Item #CL191-29

Price (AUD): $1,950.00  other currencies

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