Live Auction 2603The National Geographic Collection: The Art of Exploration
GEORGES TAIRRAZ (1868-1924)
Lot 170

GEORGES TAIRRAZ (1868-1924)

Alps, Switzerland, c. 1920

Closed6 December 2012

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GEORGES TAIRRAZ (1868-1924)
Alps, Switzerland, c. 1920
gelatin silver print
credit in pencil/ink, printed credit, date and caption on collection label affixed (on the reverse of the mount)
image: 8 x 27 5/8in. (20.5 x 70.6cm.)
mount: 10 x 29 5/8in. (25.9 x 75.7cm.)

Acquired by Gilbert H. Grosvenor, Zurich, 1925.

Specialist note

Georges Tairraz was born into a family of photographers in Chamonix, France. Tairraz and his partner and successor Savioz were noted for their portrayal of the Alps. These two prints were to be used in an article on the Mont Blanc Tunnel that was never published.