Lucien Gauthier (1875-1971) - Edmond André Rocher (1873-1948
)Tahiti, c. 1904-1907
. Personal album of the illustrator and poet Edmond André Rocher. 
Tahitian women. Tahitians in traditional dress. Vahines. Mount Roniu. Cook's Bay. Lake Vaihiria. Maraa Cave. Avera River. Tipaerui Valley. Traditional ceremony. Pirogue. Haapiti. Tattooed Marquesan chief. Papeete seen from the Green Peak. Fautaua Valley. Beach of the Phaeton port. Bay of the Virgins. Fare 'Ute. Urufara. Man with an anatomical deformity of the forearms. 
Album in-4 oblong in half morocco with corners, titled and illustrated with a color print by Edmond André Rocher on the first plate, composed of about 84 silver and citrate prints of the period, pasted on the mounts. Numerous captions in bands in the negatives. Two stencils of Edmond André Rocher which will be used for the publication on Tahiti of Lucien Gauthier (1907) illustrate the beginning of the album.
Stencils sizes: 7,8x16,5 and 25,
5x21cmProof
sizes
: from 9x6 to 29,5x15,5cmBibliography

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- Lucien Gauthier, Taïti [Tahiti la délicieuse], 1907



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- Serge Kakou, Tahiti 1904-1921 - Lucien Gauthier photographe, Paris, Éditions du Pacifique, 2004.
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Lucien Gauthier (1875-1971) - Edmond André Rocher (1873-1948 )Tahiti, c. 1904-1907 . Personal album of the illustrator and poet Edmond André Rocher. Tahitian women. Tahitians in traditional dress. Vahines. Mount Roniu. Cook's Bay. Lake Vaihiria. Maraa Cave. Avera River. Tipaerui Valley. Traditional ceremony. Pirogue. Haapiti. Tattooed Marquesan chief. Papeete seen from the Green Peak. Fautaua Valley. Beach of the Phaeton port. Bay of the Virgins. Fare 'Ute. Urufara. Man with an anatomical deformity of the forearms. Album in-4 oblong in half morocco with corners, titled and illustrated with a color print by Edmond André Rocher on the first plate, composed of about 84 silver and citrate prints of the period, pasted on the mounts. Numerous captions in bands in the negatives. Two stencils of Edmond André Rocher which will be used for the publication on Tahiti of Lucien Gauthier (1907) illustrate the beginning of the album. Stencils sizes: 7,8x16,5 and 25, 5x21cmProof sizes : from 9x6 to 29,5x15,5cmBibliography : - Lucien Gauthier, Taïti [Tahiti la délicieuse], 1907 . - Serge Kakou, Tahiti 1904-1921 - Lucien Gauthier photographe, Paris, Éditions du Pacifique, 2004.

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Lucien Gauthier (1875-1971) - Edmond André Rocher (1873-1948 )Tahiti, c. 1904-1907 . Personal album of the illustrator and poet Edmond André Rocher. Tahitian women. Tahitians in traditional dress. Vahines. Mount Roniu. Cook's Bay. Lake Vaihiria. Maraa Cave. Avera River. Tipaerui Valley. Traditional ceremony. Pirogue. Haapiti. Tattooed Marquesan chief. Papeete seen from the Green Peak. Fautaua Valley. Beach of the Phaeton port. Bay of the Virgins. Fare 'Ute. Urufara. Man with an anatomical deformity of the forearms. Album in-4 oblong in half morocco with corners, titled and illustrated with a color print by Edmond André Rocher on the first plate, composed of about 84 silver and citrate prints of the period, pasted on the mounts. Numerous captions in bands in the negatives. Two stencils of Edmond André Rocher which will be used for the publication on Tahiti of Lucien Gauthier (1907) illustrate the beginning of the album. Stencils sizes: 7,8x16,5 and 25, 5x21cmProof sizes : from 9x6 to 29,5x15,5cmBibliography : - Lucien Gauthier, Taïti [Tahiti la délicieuse], 1907 . - Serge Kakou, Tahiti 1904-1921 - Lucien Gauthier photographe, Paris, Éditions du Pacifique, 2004.
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