Category: urban landscape, paysage urbain, paisaje urbano, paisatge urbà, paesaggio urbano, Stadtlandschaft

Inondations en France ca. 1910

View of flood in France, ca. 1910. “Inondations en France” [légende au dos]. Tirage ancien de presse | src eBay

The Gargoyle by Käsebier

Gertrude Käsebier (1852-1934) ~ Gargouille / Gargoyle, Paris, France, 1901. Platinum print | src Alamy
Gertrude Käsebier (1852-1934) ~ The Gargoyle, 1901. Gum bichromate print | src Princeton university art museum
Gertrude Käsebier (1852-1934) ~ The Gargoyle, ca. 1900, platinum photograph | src NGV (National gallery of Victoria)

Paris chairs in the ice, 1950

«Guido» ~ Chair during ice debacle, Paris, 1950. Vintage silver print | src Senigallia
«Guido» ~ Chaise pendant la débâcle de la glace, Paris, 1950. Tirage argentique d’époque | src Senigallia

We’d like to think it’s a tribute by a mysterious «Guido» to the master Kertész, even if in 1950 his photographs weren’t yet famous… Kertész arrived in Paris in 1925 and photographed the chairs at the Tuileries during his early years as an apprentice. He moved to New York in 1936. | text quoted from auction house Senigallia

Margaret Bourke-White ca. 1930

Oscar Graubner (1897-1977) :: Margaret Bourke-White atop the Chrysler Building (close up), circa 1930
Oscar Graubner (1897-1977) :: Margaret Bourke-White with camera at the Chrysler Building (close up), circa 1930
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Oscar Graubner (1897-1977) Margaret Bourke-White atop the Chrysler Building (close up) ferrotyped gelatin silver print, signed and inscribed 'To Edna Robb Webster with best regards' in ink on the image, framed, circa 1930 src Sotheby's
Oscar Graubner (1897-1977) :: Margaret Bourke-White atop the Chrysler Building (close up), circa 1930
Ferrotyped gelatin silver print, signed and inscribed ‘To Edna Robb Webster with best regards’ in ink on the image | src Sotheby’s
Oscar Graubner (1897-1977) :: Margaret Bourke-White atop the Chrysler Building (close up), circa 1930
Oscar Graubner (1897-1977) :: Margaret Bourke-White with camera at the Chrysler Building (close up), circa 1930 [detail]

Inondations à Lyon – 1856

Louis Froissart (1815-1860) :: [Inondations de Lyon (1856) : vue de la montée des eaux sur le quai Saint-Antoine et le quai des Célestins], 1856-05-19. | src Actu.fr
Louis Froissart (1815-1860) :: La rive gauche de la Saône, la Presqu’Île, est sous les eaux dès le 18 mai. [Inondations de Lyon (1856) : vue de la montée des eaux sur le quai Saint-Antoine et le quai des Célestins]. | src Actu.fr
Louis Froissart (1815-1860) :: [Inondations de Lyon (1856) : vue de la montée des eaux sur le quai Saint-Antoine et le quai des Célestins]. 1856-05-19 | src Bibliothèque municipale de Lyon
Louis Froissart (1815-1860) :: [Inondations de Lyon (1856) : vue de la montée des eaux sur le quai Saint-Antoine et le quai des Célestins]. 1856-05-19 | src Bibliothèque municipale de Lyon
Louis Froissart (1815-1860) :: La rive gauche de la Saône. Inondations à Lyon, 18-05-1856; épreuve sur papier salé. Scanned from publication.
Louis Froissart (1815-1860) :: La rive gauche de la Saône. Inondations à Lyon, 18-05-1856; épreuve sur papier salé. | Scanned from publication.
Louis Froissart (1815-1860) :: [Inondations de Lyon (1856) : vue du quai Saint-Antoine, du quai des Célestins et du quai Tilsitt]; 1856-05-18. | src Bibliothèque municipale de Lyon
Louis Froissart (1815-1860) :: [Inondations de Lyon (1856) : vue du quai Saint-Antoine, du quai des Célestins et du quai Tilsitt]; 1856-05-18. | src Bibliothèque municipale de Lyon

Ballerina, ca. 1931 (collage)

Willy Otto Zielke :: Ballerina, ca. 1931. Vintage gelatin silver print. Photocollage with partial handcolouring in Agfa Brovira paper. Unique work. Signed in pencil on the reverse. | src Grisebach

Children Carving Pumpkin, 1930

George Rinhart :: Children Carving Pumpkin with NYC Backdrop, 1930. Original Caption: James N. Leslie, Jr., cuts a Halloween pumpkin while Juanita Geelan looks on. In the distance is the famous New York City skyline. (Photo © Corbis) | src Getty Images