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Soullier, Charles
(1797-1878)Paris-neuf, ou, Rêve et réalité

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Fotografie des 19. – 21. Jahrhunderts (Katalog nur online verfügbar)
Auktionsdatum 29.11.2025

"Paris-neuf, ou, Rêve et réalité". 1861. 6 albumen prints mounted to album pages. 7 x 7 cm (24,2 x 14,5 cm). Titled and captioned above and below the image in black ink. Edition Durino & Mercer, Paris.

Charles Soullier’s photographs from "Paris-neuf, ou Rêve et réalité" offer a richly detailed visual account of Paris during the transformative years of the Second Empire. Working with the albumen process, Soullier captured iconic sites such as the Pont-Neuf, Place de la Concorde, and the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel with remarkable clarity and compositional precision, often emphasizing perspective, texture, and the subtle effects of light and atmosphere. Produced in the early 1850s, these photographs document a city in flux - on the cusp of Baron Haussmann’s sweeping urban renovations. Soullier’s images go beyond straightforward documentation, conveying a quiet lyricism and a contemplative sensibility that present the city not only as a symbol of modernity and progress but also as a space steeped in memory and architectural tradition. The work reflects both a technical mastery of early photographic methods and a nuanced vision of Paris as it straddled past and future. – Some prints lightly faded, otherwise all in good to very good condition.