"émile Zola's Authentic Camera - Provenance From The Writer's Estate"
The authentic camera of the great writer Émile Zola (1840-1902). Folding "Au Bon Marché" - circa 1900
With its original tripod
Provenance: Émile Zola photographer sale, Artcurial Paris, Monday, December 4, 2017, lot no. 370 (this was the entire collection of Dr. François Émile Zola, the writer's grandson).
Bibliography: the camera is reproduced in the reference work "Zola Photographe" by François Émile Zola, Éditions Denoël, 1979, page 188.
A copy of the auction slip will be given to the buyer.
As an anecdote, the camera appears in a period program hosted by Daniel Bilalian, in which Dr. François Émile Zola shows it to viewers. Link to the program: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xfczfa
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