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2 VIEWS Tete Blanche Sublime rhythms
2 VIEWS Tete Blanche Sublime rhythms
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1. VITTORIO SELLA. Ferpecle Glacier and Tete Blanche, from arete of the Grand Cornier, above the Abricollo Chalets, c. 1879-1892, Sella number AIV 252. 10.8x15.1" collodion print, printed c. 1893, mounted on 16 1/2x12" heavy brown board. Inscribed in ink on mount recto: 252./ Ferpecle Glacier and Tete Blanche; inscribed in blue pencil: A IV; Stamped in ink on mount verso: Depose / Tous Droits Reserves / V. Stella - Biella; Print recto embossed with artist's credit stamp in bottom right corner.

2. VITTORIO SELLA. Dents De Bertol, from the summit of Tete Blanche, c. 1879-1892, Sella number AIV 264. 11.4x15.3" collodion print, printed c. 1893, mounted on 16 1/2x12 1/4" brown board. Inscribed in ink on mount recto: 264./ Dents de Bertol, from summit of/ Tete Blanche.; inscribed in blue pencil: A IV; Stamped in ink on mount verso: Depose / Tous Droits Reserves / V. Stella - Biella; Print recto embossed with artist's credit stamp in bottom right corner.

The rhythm and form of glaciers spreading from and up mountain peaks, forming rivers and bowls around and up to the highest peaks were a compelling composition for Vittorio Sella.

Tête Blanche (lit. White Head, from French) is a mountain of the Pennine Alps on the Swiss-Italian border. Its summit (3,710 metres) is the tripoint between the valleys of Hérens, Mattertal (both in Valais) and Valpelline (in the Aosta Valley), thus forming the linguistic tri-point between French, German, and Italian-speaking areas.

The Graian Alps can be divided into the following four groups: 1) the Mont Blanc group (north of the Little St Bernard Pass), including the Beaufortain Massif; 2) the Central group (the watershed between the Little St Bernard Pass and the Col du Mont Cenis; 3) the Western or French group; and 4) the Eastern or Italian group.
Condition
1. 252 Good: Mild abrasions, scratches, wear, spots, corner wear and edge wear. Mount has edge and corner wear, missing corners and pieces, dirt and marks and is fragile.
2. 264 F Good: Mild abrasions, minor wear, corner wear and edge wear, small upper left corner missing. Mount has edge and corner wear, missing corners, dirt and marks.
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2 VIEWS Tete Blanche Sublime rhythms

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