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EDOUARD-DENIS BALDUS (French, 1813-1882) +GLISE DE LA MADELEINE "E. Baldus" signature stamp on mount

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EDOUARD-DENIS BALDUS (French, 1813-1882) +GLISE DE LA MADELEINE  E. Baldus  signature stamp on mount
EDOUARD-DENIS BALDUS (French, 1813-1882) +GLISE DE LA MADELEINE "E. Baldus" signature stamp on mount below image titled "Church of the Madeleine" in pencil on mount vintage-albumen print mounted on board with protective sheet bound to left edge 89/16 x 103/4 in. (21.7 x 27.3 cm) mount: 121/2 x 153/4 in. (31.8 x 40 cm) circa 1860 ESTIMATE: $3,000-4,000 PROVENANCE Private Collection, FRANCE LITERATURE Malcolm Daniel, THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF EDOUARD BALDUS, NEW YORK, 1994, p. 187, cat. no. 55 (earlier mid-1850s variant illustrated) This small format photograph comes from a series of 95 Parisian views that Baldus produced early in the 1860s. While broadly recognized for his larger format photographs, Baldus took equal care in the production of his smaller format series. The same powerful balance of light, tonality and surface treatment, signature to Baldus's style, is clearly evident.