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Album of Chinese Export Pith Paper Paintings Depicting the Manufacture of Tea.

réf. 100987Canton circa 1830-1870. . 4to album 33 x 26 cm; 24 bodycolours on pith paper each 30.5 x 20.4 cm all mounted on paper and framed with a pale blue silk fabric border bookplate 3 plates with small marginal tears; bound in contemporary patterned decorated silk boards a touch rubbed but overall bright and attractive. An excellent example of a rare Chinese album of paintings revealing the tea production process in detail. Attributed to the studio or circle of Sunqua fl.18301870 the present album contains fine examples of pith paper paintings produced in China most often Canton for export to the Western market. The technique of bodycolour on pith produces a semi-translucent effect unattainable using Western methods and entranced the Western world in the nineteenth century. The subjects of these 'trade' albums were chosen to appeal to Europeans evoking a sense of the 'Orient' to those that had not travelled to China meaning often the paintings were of Chinese flora and fauna or costumes. The subject of tea production as here was less common but perhaps more effectively evoked the connection between China and the West as the viewer sees the full process of the creation of a product which they would have had in their tea cups at home complete with the painting and shipping of the crates which arrived in European ports. Canton as the only Chinese port permitted to trade with the West from 1757-1842 became the centre of pith painting in the 1830s and 40s. Studios such as that of Sunqua flourished with a combination of artistic skill and efficient production that allowed them to meet the demand from the Western market. Sunqua himself was labelled the 'Chinese Hogarth' by Charles Toogood Downing in his work The Fan-qui in China for his impressive artistic skill in both oil and bodycolour. The trade suffered during the First Opium War 1839-41 when a number of the studios in Canton harbour were burned and then a fire in 1856 destroyed most of what was left. The impact of the pith paper painting trade was impressive considering it thrived in such a relatively small time period and the continued presence of the paintings in European institutions testifies to their enduring appeal both visually and historically. There are collections of paintings on pith in the Ashmolean the British Museum the Fitzwilliam the Hermitage the Library of Congress the Peabody/Essex Museum in Massachusetts and the Hong Kong Museum of Art. [Canton, circa 1830-1870]. hardcover

Shapero Rare Books · Royaume-Uni25 000,00 £GB≈ 29 858,60 €

[Pop Culture] [Archives] William Coupon (photographer); Studio 54, Andy Warhol, Truman Capote, Grace Jones, Patti Smith, DivineBiblio.com

Studio 54 Archive of 14 original photographs 1978

réf. 146130N.p.: N.p. 1978. Archive of 14 iconic vintage photographs of Studio 54 celebrities and revelers by photographer William Coupon all from 1978. Ten of these are signed and dated by Coupon at the bottom right and one bears a tag on the verso noting "Two Dancers Studio 54 August 1978." Images of Andy Warhol Truman Capote Grace Jones Patti Smith and Divine are included in the collection along with a variety of other glamorous and fascinating visitors to the exclusive New York night club. Coupon's Studio 54 photographs were included in the International Center of Photography exhibition "Fleeting Gestures: Treasures of Dance Photography" in late 1978 his first major exhibition. The photographs in this collection were exhibited at Photo London 2019 and on display at Tenderbooks in London in conjunction with Rare Photo Gallery in Toronto. Coupon was born in New York City and after attending Syracuse University returned there in 1978. He began to photograph the disco/celebrity scene at Studio 54 and the punk/New Wave scene at the Mudd Clubb in lower Manhattan. During this time he also became a successful commercial photographer working for a variety of international magazines record companies and advertising agencies. In the 1980s and 1990s Coupon did several series on various subcultures and indigenous peoples that he called "Social Studies." In 1992 he was invited to photograph the world's tribal leaders during Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro Brazil. The work at the request of the United Nations and the United States Congress was exhibited in 1994 in the United States Senate Rotunda as part of the UN's "Year of the Indigenous People." Coupon's vast catalog of portraits include world leaders noted writers artists and musicians as well as his highly regarded indigenous portraits. He has photographed covers for Newsweek Rolling Stone and the New York Times Sunday Magazine as well as assignments for Esquire The Washington Post The Los Angeles Times People and many more. He photographed 15 covers for Time magazine including the Bill Clinton and George W. Bush "Person of the Year" covers and has photographed all of the Presidents of the United States from Richard Nixon going forward. 8 x 10 inches archivally matted to 16 x 20 inches. Near Fine overall. N.p. unknown

Royal Books · États-Unis15 000,00 $US≈ 13 401,24 €