The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals (Part I)

FRANCE, Photo-Club de Paris, 1898, a uniface Art Nouveau pewter plaque signed Sam, two flowering daffodils, sun behind, scroll at lower left named (P. Ritter von Schoeller), 100 x 67mm, 76.66g (cf. Bonhams Boston, June 2018, 45). Very fine, rare £80-£100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals.

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Philipp Ritter von Schoeller (1845-1916), a Vienna-based photographer, was a major contributor to Die Kunst in der Photographie, a series of photographic art folios issued between 1897 and 1908, which treated art photography as an important international movement. The Photo-Club de Paris, based at 40 rue de Mathurins, was founded in 1888 by Maurice Bucquet (1860-1921); it held its first exhibition in 1894. The 1898 show ran from 3 to 29 May at the Galerie des Champs-Elysées.