Lot 537 - A176 Photography - Saturday, 19. March 2016, 02.30 PM
MOUNT EVEREST -
Somervell, Howard (1890-1975).
"The Highest Point in the World at which Photographs have ever been taken". Photograph of the Mount Everest. Original photograph.
Silver gelatin print. Possibly a wire-photo. 1924.
22,4 x 15,5 cm.
Verso with stamp of the agency and mounted caption.
The English surgeon and mountaineer Theodore Howard Somervell (1890-1975) was on Expedition to the Mount Everest with Edward "Teddy" Norton in the year 1924. Last one is seen on the photograph, climbing the mountain. - A little curved, minimally bumbed in the corners, otherwise in a very good condition. - Provenance: Swiss private property.
CHF 300 / 500 | (€ 310 / 520)
Sold for CHF 1 000 (including buyer’s premium)
All information is subject to change.