4892 - 5055 FINE ARTS - PHOTOGRAPHS
- Some sm. marginal tears (repaired on verso) (1x sm chip); verso partly browned.
= Cf. Ex/ Hoek p.54, ill. 78, showing a similar interior design ("Reclamestand voor Bruynzeel, 1918, verloren gegaan; foto nalatenschap van de kunstenaar"). The present photograph with pencil annotations by PIET ZWART on verso: "±1922/ Bruynzeel jaarbeurs stand/ vormgeving Klaarhamer/ kleurgeving v/d Beek/ archief piet zwart/ wassenaar".
- All prints mounts sl. warped/ frayed.
- All prints mounts sl. warped/ frayed.
- Mounts sl. warped/ frayed.
- Mounts sl. warped/ frayed.
- All prints (sl.) foxed; mounts sl. warped/ frayed.
- Sl. foxed and dogeared.
= View of the road from Fort de Kock, West Sumatra, with the volcano Singgalang in the background.
Idem. "Anai kloof" (Sumatra). Gelatin silver print, ±1900, 21x28 cm., titled in the plate.
= Showing the railway and bridges.
AND 9 miscell. others, various sizes and techniques, ±1890-1925, partly w. studio stamp on verso, i.a. Foto-Kino-Huis Würffel and Lux (Garoet).
= The four photographs show the building of the new extensions of the sugar production company Djatiwangi near Indramajoe (Cheribon) and are identified as "Molenhuis en rechthoekig daarop het nieuwe ketelhuis"; "Het begin vh dak vd binnenfabriek is gemaakt"; "Molen- en Ketelhuis-dak" and "Molenhuis".
= Showing a series of views of forestries at East-Preanger, Ngliron, Grobogan-Oendakan, Pajaman, Bloengoe and Monggot. They show i.a. the various ways and means of transporting the timber out of the area, by hand, animals, trains and with a monorail (!) system.
= Private album of a colonial family on Bali. Contains several striking views of mountains, volcanos, lakes and sawahs, as well as images of temples and villages.
= Interesting album showing the works at several (hydro-)electric power stations on Java, i.a. at Ubrug, Kratjak, Kedung Badak, Lamadjan and Antjol.
= Photographs of a trip to Indonesia from June to December 1910, partly w. identification/ description on verso. I.a. showing a visit to a Soengei Poetih rubber plantation.
- A few mounts sl. waterstained in upper margin.
= Showing people at work in the factory, the gentlemen running the company (all dressed in white), the grounds outside the factory (incl. what appears to be the house with gardens of the director of the factory), and incl. a photograph of the factory seen from the outside with a chimney with two dates painted on its side: "1884" and "1896". SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXXVII.
= Seemingly at least partly related to one and the same Dutch family in the Dutch East Indies. Locations include i.a. Fort de Kock, Batang Toroe (Sumatra), Lake Toba, Medan as well as the Netherlands and en route at sea (i.a. Colombo).
= Remarkable collection of photographs, seemingly from one and the same source (prob. Adolf Seubert, a German forest ranger on Java in service of the Dutch colonial authorities (and father of actress Lil Dagover), with his passport for a trip to Europe loosely inserted). Contains, apart from several forest views related to Seubert's profession, numerous beautiful scenery views, images of stately colonial homes (incl. group portraits), Javanese people (fishermen, merchants etc.) and a few early detailed photographic images of Prambanan Temple. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXXVII.
- New endpapers.
= The photographs show the students of the agricultural college (prob.) in Sukabumi in their class rooms and in the fields.
= Dutch colonial family albums. Locations include i.a. Bandoeng, Semarang, Sarangan and Bali. One album titled "Nieuwe Tjandiweg No.13", containing nice interior views of the typical Dutch colonial home of the period.
= Besides the use of various techniques, the subject-matter and the compositions of the photographs show that the maker had artistic inclinations. Some of the places depicted: Ngawi, Soko, Gendingan, the lake of Sarangan, kampongs in the Sarangan valley, villa Rust-Oord at Plaosan, the Merapi volcano. I.a. cows being herded, people near a well, people harvesting,
WITH: 18 loosely inserted photographs (various techniques) probably by the same photographer, showing i.a. a series of women and children washing clothes and themselves near a small waterfall and 2 photographs showing Dutch officers (i.a. "F. Baes Lutjens 1e Luit. der Cav.ie") in action at a horse jumping event at the Papandojanlaan in Bandung.
- A few slides defective. = I.a. cremations and ritual dances on Bali, cock fights, dajaks and kampungs.