No. 94347679

Studio Ecclesia, Fratelli Lovazzano, Circovich, Lemaire Studios - Varie Carte de Visite e Cabinet Storiche
No. 94347679

Studio Ecclesia, Fratelli Lovazzano, Circovich, Lemaire Studios - Varie Carte de Visite e Cabinet Storiche
A collection of bourgeois family portraits, particularly Italian and Piedmontese, with pieces from Australia, Argentina, and France. Period: from the end of the nineteenth century to the 1950s.
17 photos are mounted on cardboard (Visiting Cards / Cabinet). The list dedicated to them indicates the exact measurements of the photos, the cardboards, and the conventional names of the formats.
There are 60 unedited portraits added: some in the studio; others outdoors (gardens, beaches, spas, squares). Shots on horseback, on a bicycle, in Carnival costume, on a float, on a swing, in a black shirt, in the snow. Backs: with the photographer's stamp; with a divided back; white.
The conditions, overall, are good. Since some pieces are in excellent condition, while others show marked signs of time, it is advisable to get a precise idea by scrolling through the gallery.
Good auction.
Further information.
➤ Visiting Card and Cabinet
Family portrait (Pierangelo, Assunta, and little Antonietta). "Album" photo (13.5 x 10 cm) in "Cabinet/Salon" cardboard (25.5 x 17 cm). Protective parchment with studio advertisement.
Studio Ecclesia Vittorio via Cattedrale 15 Asti.
2) Portrait of a girl (Antonietta). "Album" photo (13.5 x 10 cm) in "Cabinet/Salon" cardboard (25.5 x 17 cm).
Studio Ecclesia Vittorio via Cattedrale 15 Asti.
3) Portrait child. Advertising back. Photo "Album" (13.6 x 9.6) cm on "Album" cardboard (16.4 x 11 cm).
Studio Alessandro Pasta, Carlo Alberto Street 23, Turin.
4) Portrait infant. Advertising back. Photo "Album" (13.3 x 9.5 cm) in "Album" cardboard (16.5 x 11 cm).
E. Camurati Garibaldi Street 6 Casale Monferrato.
5) Portrait of a couple. "Album" photo (13.6 x 10 cm) on "Album" cardstock (16.4 x 10.7 cm).
Fedou. Saint-Martin Street, Orange.
6) Family portrait. Advertising back. "Super-album" photo (14.3 x 10.4 cm) on "Super-album" cardboard (16.3 x 11 cm).
E. Garavini, Hospital Road 6, Giaveno.
7) Portrait of a mother with a girl and a white cat. "Tourist" photo (10 x 6.6 cm) in off-standard cardboard (18.5 x 13.2 cm).
No logo, stamp or signature.
8) Family portrait. "Super-album" photo (14 x 9.7 cm) in "Boudoir" cardstock (23.4 x 14.7 cm).
Photograph Bernardino Pascale, Corrientes 1670 Buenos Aires Argentina.
9) Family portrait. "Super-album" photo (14 x 9.7 cm) in "Boudoir" cardboard (23.4 x 14.7 cm).
Photograph Bernardino Pascale, Corrientes 1670 Buenos Aires Argentina.
10) Portrait of a girl (Marie). "Album" photo (13.6 x 8.9 cm) in "Cabinet-Salon" cardboard (26.6 x 16.6 cm).
Lemaire Studios, Newtown Bridge (Sydney) Australia.
11) Portrait of children (Ronald and Marie). Photo "Album" (13.6 x 8.9 cm) on "Cabinet-Salon" cardboard (26.6 x 16.6 cm).
Lemaire Studios, Newtown Bridge (Sydney) Australia. Circa 1917.
12) Bust portrait of a man. "Super-album" photo (14.5 x 10 cm) on "Artist" cardboard (25 x 20 cm). "Ghost" image on the back.
Brothers Lovazzano, San Carlo Square Geisser Gallery Turin.
13) Couple portrait. "Super-album" photo (14 x 10 cm) in "Super-album" cardboard (16.5 x 10.6 cm). Studio stamp on the back.
Mateo Fogliatto, Rio Cuarto (Córdoba), Argentina.
14) Portrait of girls with toys. Photo "Victoria-Margherita" (10.9 x 8 cm) on "Album" cardboard (13 x 10 cm).
Photograph G. Aglietto, San Maurizio Canavese.
15) Portrait of mother with child (Amalia and Ada). "Visite" photo (9.1 x 6 cm) on "Visite" cardboard (10.6 x 6.4 cm).
M. Circovich, 12 Borsa Square, Trieste. 1910.
16) Portrait of mother with children. Booklet 17 x 11.5 cm with photo 13.5 x 8.5 mounted in an oval.
Photography Andrea Ginocchio Tortona.
17) - Lever from 1886 17.8 x 13 cm. Group photo in the barn. Mounted on thick card, roughly cut to the edge.
No logo, stamp, or signature.
Unedited portraits on cardboard
Quantity: 60.
Measures:
50 small format 14 x 9 cm.
- 2 small format 12 x 9 cm.
A mini format of 10 x 7 cm.
A mini format 8.7 x 6.2 cm.
A medium format 14.6 x 9.8 cm (family group at First Communion).
- 3 large format 16.5 x 11.5 cm (woman on a swing, girl on a swing, boy with a rifle).
A large format 17.5 x 11.5 cm (mother feeding child).
A large format 17.6 x 12.7 cm (family group in the garden).
Among these 60 photos (not mounted on cardboard), 20 relate to a single family and span a time frame from the 1910s to the 1950s. There are school photos, in military uniform, outdoors and in a studio, under the pyramids of Egypt.
Some examples:
F. Melis. Study stamp. 1910.
Portrait of a woman in black.
E. Thermes Cagliari. Studio Stamp.
School photo.
Leydi and Cavallo Photography Studio Ivrea Caluso.
Portrait of Dario, in uniform and on horseback.
NPG (New Photographic Society).
Portrait of Paolo, Andrea, and Ugo.
Giuseppe Valoggia Cigliano. Studio Stamp.
Portrait of children in carnival costumes. 1923.
Portrait of adults in carnival costumes. 1923.
Photographic Studio Perini Ascoli Piceno.
Portrait of a girl (Pinuccia) in carnival costume.
Armando Pancani Photography Studio Varazze. Studio stamp. August 1922.
Family portrait on the beach.
Renato Goiorani Montecatini.
Group portrait of holidaymakers. 1928.
Andrea Giay Levra, Giaveno. Studio Stamp.
Portrait of a woman in a coat.
Wellington. 1920.
2 family portraits on the beach: one in black and white and one sepia of the same image.
Photography Paris-Success Toulon. Retro divided.
Portrait in the studio. Mother with child.
Biographies of the main photographers:
Vittorio Ecclesia (Pieve di Scalenghe 1847 – Asti 1928) was an Italian photographer.
In 1872 he became the owner, along with his partner Rondoni, of the studio "Fotografia Roma", via Carlo Alberto 23 Turin. From 1874 "Fotografia Alfieri".
The Bertelli Guide describes the activity as follows:
"There is a lovely garden where one can also photograph horses, knights, carriages, etc... and so much space to form groups and entire battalions. In portraits of any size, there is an excellent distribution of light, true vitality in the movements of the models, exquisite taste in the poses, and unquestionable mastery in the finesse of every detail that serves to highlight the person."
In 1878, the two partners split, and Ecclesia moved the studio, which retained the name "Fotografia Alfieri," to the city of Asti. In 1880, he moved the studio to Via Cattedrale 15 and renamed it "Vittorio Ecclesia Photography Studio."
In 1878 gold medal at the national exhibition in Naples; in 1884 gold medal at the Italian national exhibition in Turin; in 1898 honorary diploma at the Italian national exhibition in Turin; 1898 the gold medal at the sacred art exhibition in Turin.
➤ Alessandro Pasta. Professional photographer, in 1878 he purchased the studio of Ecclesia and Rondoni (Studio Alfieri) at Via Carlo Alberto 23. Prior to 1878, he was the director for several years at the Le Lieure establishment. His studio quickly became one of the most important in the city. In the 1880s, he held official positions as an organizer of exhibitions and debates, a member of the photographic commission of the Sacred Art Exhibition and the National Exhibition of Turin in 1898. The following year, he was among the founders of the Subalpine Photographic Society. Pasta, specialized in portraits, photographed prominent figures from the clergy and the small bourgeoisie of Turin, as well as numerous photographs of children. The company produced platinum prints and carbon processes as noted in the guide "La ville de Turin" from 1902. At the beginning of the 20th century, his studio likely passed into the hands of his brother and sister, as in 1905 they were listed as the owners of the Pasta Company based at Via Carlo Alberto 23. He participated in the 1911 International Exhibition in Turin and was awarded. The studio ceased its activities in 1940.
Review in the Marini guides: "Punctuality, precision (...) Portraits, platinum prints (...). It has a large garden for groups, horses, carriages, cars, etc."
➤ Bernardino Pascale. Studio from 1900 to 1920 on Avenida Corrientes 1640 a
Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Lemaire Studios was located, from 1917 to around 1940, at 11 Wilson Street in Newtown.
➤ Lovazzano Brothers. The photography studio of the brothers Remo Lovazzano (Tortona 1853 - Turin 1912) and Edoardo was active in Turin at Via Roma 18 and in Galleria Geisser 3, formerly Galleria Natta, from the late 1800s. Silver medal at the Italian General Exhibition in Turin in 1884.
The founder of the dynasty of photographers, including Luigi and Adolfo Lovazzano and Maria Perelli Lovazzano, was Giovanni Lovazzano (Tortona 1826 - Turin 1875) active in Turin at the Natta Gallery since 1855.
Pietro Carlo Porporato and the last Lovazzano heirs have collected, in the Lovazzano archive, all the photographic material owned by the historic studio from Turin.
Mateo Fogliatto (1874 - 1928) photographer in Rio Cuarto, province of Córdoba Argentina.
Born in Italy, he emigrated to Argentina with his brother Pedro in 1894. He first settled in Las Rosas (Santa Fe) and then in the city of Río Cuarto, where he collaborated with Arturo Stanley between 1907 and 1908. He opened his studio in 1912 at 33 Buenos Aires street. In 1918, he opened a branch in Coronel Moldes.
Upon his death, the business was continued by his brother and then by his nephew Lorenzo until 1946, and then it was Antonio who managed the business until 1987.
➤ Mario Circovich (Pula 1877 - Trieste 1931). In the 1920s he Italianized his surname to "Circoli."
In 1899 he took over his father Basilio's photography studio at 17 Capuano Street. In 1902 he moved the business to 11 Piazza della Borsa. Then he relocated to number 12 in 1904 and remained there until 1915. From 1921 to 1931, he was on the second floor of 10 Udine Street. In the list of Italian taxpayers published in 1929, it was noted as one of the most flourishing and profitable photography studios.
He/she created for the Adriatic Exhibition in Vienna in 1913 the photo album titled Commission for the forestry of Carso-Trieste.
In 1914 he was awarded the first-class gold medal for merit.
In 1916, he participates in the Red Cross exhibition in Vienna and donates the proceeds to the same organization.
Olimpia Blasco, widow of Circoli, enters into partnership with Ruggero Pozzar in 1936.
➤ Andrea Ginocchio was born in Ovada. In 1919, after returning from the war, he opened his photography studio in Tortona on Via Perosi. In 1936 he moved to the current location at Via Emilia 162 under the Portici Vecchi. Passport photos were the majority of the work, initially made with 9x12 glass plates, soon replaced by celluloid. Everything was developed using the three classic steps: developing the negative, fixing, washing.
After a few years, on the advice of a chief ophthalmologist at the hospital in Tortona who taught him how to perform refractions, Ginocchio approached optics and obtained his qualification "on the field". It was then his nephew, Gianni Rehak, fully recognized as one of the fathers of Italian optometry and one of the founders of the European Optometry Society in 1968, who focused the activities of the practice on optics, a profession to which he dedicated his entire life with passion.
➤ Ilario Carposio (Trento 1852 – Fiume 1921). Owner of an important photography studio in the city of Fiume (now in Croatia).
The photographic studio was opened in 1878 and quickly established itself in the city context. Ilario Carposio received important awards during a time when the art of photography was still in its infancy. For example, one can mention the recognition received at the Austro-Hungarian Agricultural Industrial Exhibition held in Trieste in 1882.
At the death of Ilario, the studio was inherited and carried on by his son Renato Carposio (1886-1930) and later by his widow Maruzza. It was closed in 1947.
➤ Dante Menapace (L'Aquila 1878 - Stresa 1960). In 1915, he opened the studio in Stresa (Domodossola).
➤ Alfonso Efisio Thermes (Cagliari 1886 –1969). He worked as a photographer from around 1915 until the 1950s in Cagliari. He was the author of a vast body of work, partly preserved in the Historical Archive of the Municipality, published in photographic books dedicated to the city of Cagliari ("Cagliari between news and images: photography in Sardinia from 1839 to 1943". Oliviero Maccioni, Edizioni 3T 1982).
The children Giovanni and Rita Thermes, skilled painters, inherit their father's passion for photography. In the immediate post-war period, they opened an art and photography studio in Naples, on Via Manzoni, which became an interesting meeting point for artists, art critics, and photographers, but also a place for training and learning. Among the young photographers trained in the studio is Mimmo Jodice.
➤ Goiorani Montecatini. (photo from 1928).
The first studio was opened in 1894 by knight Renato Goiorani. Giuseppe Verdi was one of the first characters to be photographed and even today there remain unforgettable images of the famous musician captured by Goiorani. The Goiorani studio came to have up to thirty photographers, engaged every day in photographing tourists at the establishments or along the avenues of the Terme.
➤ Leydi and Cavallo Photography Studio Ivrea Caluso.
➤ Armando Pancani Photography Studio Varazze (studio stamp). 1922 Animated beach.
➤ Giuseppe Valoggia Cigliano.
➤ Andrea Giay Levra Giaveno. photographer in Giaveno. Second Lieutenant of the Flame Green Assault Troops in the Great War.
➤ Emile Fédou (Castres, Tarn 1869). Son of a baker, photographer in Cours Saint-Martin in Orange (Vaucluse) since 1896. In 1911 he was still active at the same address.
➤ NPG (New Photographic Society). A young Prussian from the East, Arthur Schwarz, founded NPG (New Photographic Society) in 1894, renting a building in Schöneberg near Berlin. Three years later, Schwarz purchased a spacious complex in Berlin-Steglitz. At its peak, the company had over 1000 employees and included branch offices in London, Paris, Rome, and New York. NPG closed the Steglitz facility in the winter of 1921-22, and its name passed to a company in Dresden.
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