1. VITTORIO SELLA. [Pyramide Durand] (Part of the same panorama as No. 524), c. 1879-1892, Sella number AI 520. 11.3x15" collodion print, printed c. 1893, flush mounted on thin board, mounted on 12.9x16.5" heavy gray board. Inscribed in ink on mount recto: Alps / Part of panorama from Mont Pelvoux (Dauphine) [sic, "y" penciled in to replace "g"] / I 520. Print recto embossed with artist's credit stamp in bottom right corner; inscribed in pencil: I520 A.

2. VITTORIO SELLA. Les Ecrins, Aiguille D'Arve, c. 1879-1892, Sella number AI 522. 11.3x15.2" collodion print, printed c. 1893, flush mounted on thin board, mounted on 13x16.5" heavy gray board. Inscribed in ink on mount recto: Alps / Les Ecrins, Aiguille d'Arve, etc. / I 522. Print recto embossed with artist's credit stamp in bottom right corner; inscribed in pencil: I522 A.

Views of the rugged and jagged prints in the Les Ecrins region of the French Alps.

Sella created the greatest exhibition of his career, the February 1893 Geographical Exhibition of Turin, where his prints won the Grand Gold Medal and Diploma of Honour. The exhibition was organized around his photo-essays of geographic sub-regions. The first eleven sections featured topographic views of the Alps, the twelfth section was on Mt. Etna, and the thirteenth and fourteenth sections contained ethnographic and topographic views of the Caucasus. From Turin the exhibition traveled to Boston where it was exhibited and purchased by the Appalachian Mountain club. After being exhibited at the AMC and the Boston Arts Club in 1893, the prints traveled to New England and for the next 12 years circulated in various forms throughout the United States. In 1897, Sella, on his way to Alaska, saw an exhibition of his prints in Portland hosted by the Mazamas Club. After 1910 the prints were exhibited only sporadically. This lot contain two original exhibition prints.

1. Good: Moderate wear, dirt, abrasions and small marks; small bump under print in center R. Mount is worn and dirty

2. Good: Moderate wear, dirt, abrasions and small marks. Mount is worn and dirty.