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Pyramide Cheops: Ascension
Pyramide Cheops: Ascension
Pyramide Cheops: Ascension
Photo repro: Åsa Lundén/Moderna Museet

Pyramide Cheops: Ascension

Artist (Turkiet, 1823 - 1886)
Alternate Title
  • Pyramid of Cheops: Climbing
  • Cheopspyramiden: bestigning
Dateca 1875
MediumAlbuminsilverfotografi monterat på kartong
DimensionsBildmått: 27,2 × 19,9 cm Pappersmått: 28,5 × 23,5 × 0,4 cm Passepartout: 40 × 35 cm
ClassificationPhotography
Credit LinePurchase 1965
Countries
Object NumberFM 1965 001 1122
The artwork is not on display
About the artworkPascal Sébah was a pioneer of photography. He opened a photo studio in Constantinople (now Istanbul) in 1857 and made his living by selling photographs to tourists as souvenirs of Egypt and Greece, which were part of the Ottoman Empire. The name of his studio was “El Chark” (The Orient). The business prospered, and he opened a second studio in Cairo in 1873. Many of his photographs were panorama shots and were sold in luxurious albums. The pictures from Egypt and the pyramids became famous; these edifices were tourist attractions even in the early 1800s. Sébah also took portraits of Egyptians in traditional attire and tourists in local costume. Orientalism was a strong trend in 19th-century arts and academia.
Signatures, inscriptions and marks Titel och fotografnamn fram på fotografiet, Recto i fotografiet: Titel och No 229 Selected exhibition history Moderna Museet c/o Dunkers Kulturhus (2006-2007) Dunkers Kulturhus, Helsingborg Ögats åtrå: Fotografier ur Moderna Museets samling (1998-2002) Arken Museum for Moderne Kunst Samlingsutställning 2019-2022 (den 1 februari 2019 - den 27 augusti 2023) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Moderna Museet c/o Preus Museum (2007) Preus Museum Bäckströms bilder. Professor Helmer Bäckströms fotografihistoriska samling. (1980-1981) Fotografiska Museet (FM) En annan historia: Skrivet i ljus (den 9 november 2011 - den 15 februari 2012) Moderna Museet, Stockholm The Moderna Museet exhibition catalogues Ögats åtrå : fotografier ur Moderna Museets samling : [29 augusti - 15 november 1998]Bäckströms bilder! professor Helmer Bäckströms fotografihistoriska samling i Fotografiska Museet : Fotografiska Museet, Stockholm