Gazette Drouot logo print
Lot n° 15

FERDINANDO ONGANIA (1842-1911). Calli and Canali,...

Estimate :
Subscribers only

FERDINANDO ONGANIA (1842-1911). Calli and Canali, 1891, Venice. Heliographic print from the remarkable "Calli and Canali" series, a masterpiece of nineteenth-century Venetian photogravure. Our print bears the number II.27 and mentions in the lower right corner "VENEZIA, FERD . ONGANIA. EDITORE", 1891, size 22,7 x 33,1 cm. Perfect condition. Heliogravure is a use of photography to make prints on rag paper with deep blacks and very matte, while allowing beautiful levels of gray.