Floral still life
Albumen print, c. 1856
8/10; 218 x 260 mm, unmounted
$1500.
One of Braun's early still life's intended for designers.
Group of working oxen
Carbon print, 1860s
10/10; 285 x 377mm, mounted
$1350.
Adolphe Braun was a textile designer from Mulhouse who started his own studio in Dornach. In 1853, he turned to photography in order to 'put together a collection of studies for artists who used floral motifs' (see Naef & Marbot, 1980). Outdoor studies of animals for painters was one of many of Braun's 'themes'.