LEBANON - SYRIA TURKEY - CILICIA. Circa 1920. 70... - Lot 253 - Pichon & Noudel-Deniau (Azur Enchères)

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LEBANON - SYRIA TURKEY - CILICIA. Circa 1920. 70... - Lot 253 - Pichon & Noudel-Deniau (Azur Enchères)
LEBANON - SYRIA TURKEY - CILICIA. Circa 1920. 70 photographs. ALEP: windows of the Bar-Ham hammam, door of the Khan Vizier, Musician and his monkey. Windows of the SADER house, View taken from the Bâb Antakyah gate. Sader house, courtyard with three children, Musicians' platform. Gate of the mosque, Gate of the citadel. Great Mosque (Jami'a Zakariyyeh), Minaret of the Great Mosque (today detluit). Bedouin type, rope-making works, Khan of the Boilermakers. Citadel, general view. Numerous mosques... DAMAS : the Tekkiye, Umayyad mosque. Khan Assad Pacha, the Barada. PALMYRA : inside the Temple enclosure, the Tetrapyle. The portico, the Colonnade. BAALBECK: Temple of Jupiter, Cornice of the temple, 24 meters long block for the foundations of the temple, old Beirut. Temple of Jupiter, temple of Bacchus. BEIRUT General GOURAUD and dignitaries of the Levant at the Cedar Pass, Place des Place des Canons. Old Beirut, the former church of Saint John of the Crusaders, now a mosque. Port, Gardens, The Nehr-el-Kelb, Old Beirut. OURFA: the ramparts, the fountain of the Bride. General view, fountain of Abraham. TARSE, MERSINA : Armenian embroiderers, general view. Port of Mersina, farm in Cilicia. ANAVARZA: the Castle, Roman sarcophagus. ANTIOCHE: Roman bridge, general view. BIREDJIK: the Euphrates, the Crusaders' castle, city gate, general view. HAMA. SIS: the castle of Lusignan, the Catholicos, general view. 70 gelatin silver prints mounted on heavy paper. Legends in black ink under the prints. From 7.3 x 8.5 cm to 18 x 13 cm. Mounts, medium size: 32 x 23.5 cm. These photographs were taken during the Cilicia campaign, around 1919 - 1920. They are anonymous pictures taken by an amateur with a trained eye who followed the campaign of General GOURAUD as shown in the group portrait. The prints are undoubtedly unpublished and probably unique. They are important testimonies, considering the numerous destructions which were committed in these countries these last years. Provenance : Collection of Admirals GRASSET and CEILLIER Expert : Yves DI MARIA
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