VON GLOEDEN (BARON WILHELM VON) 'Cain', sepia-toned gelatin silver print INSCRIBED BY VON GLOEDEN TO EDWARD CARPENTER, 'Von Gloeden/Taormina/1912 14/2 to Mr. Edward Carpenter' on the image, light spotting and toning, 2 short marginal tears (c.13mm.) just touching image, mounted, framed and glazed, image 365 x 265mm., sheet 390 x 288mm., [c.1900, printed later] Footnotes: AN IMPORTANT GIFT PRESENTATION OF ONE OF BARON VON GLOEDEN'S MOST CELEBRATED MALE NUDES. It was inscribed, on Valentine's day, by the photographer to Edward Carpenter (1844-1929), author, political activist and 'the true pioneer of the LGBT+ rights movement in England, and a gay political theorist of worldwide significance' (Peter Tatchell Foundation, website). For over fifty years through the publication of his numerous books, political campaigning and lived experience he met and influenced figures from Eleanor Marx and William Morris, to Walt Whitman and E.M. Forster. There are no records of a meeting with Von Gloeden, but certainly Carpenter is recorded as having visited Sicily on a number of occasions during his excursions to the Mediterranean. Included with the lot are 5 pictorial postcards ('Cartolina Postale Italiana') by Von Gloeden, and a copy of L'arte di Gloeden. Il Barone Fotografio (Palermo, 1979) which uses a variant of 'Cain' as the cover image. Saleroom notices: The medium could be a matte albumen print For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing

Saleroom Notice:
The medium could be a matte albumen print