ARAM ALBAN* (Constantinople 1883 - 1961 Cairo) Fashion model, around 1930 gelatin silver print 23,5 x 20 cm signed in the negative ESTIMATE € 200 - € 400 STARTING PRICE € 200 Alban worked as the assistant to a photographer in Cairo. After this apprenticeship, Alban went first to Milan and then to Brussels, where he took portraits. From about 1922 to 1933, he maintained studios in Brussels and Cairo. About 1925, Alban moved to Paris. The studio focused on fashion, portraits and publicity, but also made modernist nudes. His work is in the collections of the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art and the National Gallery of Canada. Further artists and styles: Van Leo, Armand, Andranik Kochar, Pictorialism, Belian, Tachjian, Apkar PLEASE NOTE: The purchase price consists of the highest bid plus the buyer's premium, sales tax and, if applicable, the fee of artists resale rights. In the case of normal taxation (marked °), a premium of 24% is added to the highest bid. The mandatory sales tax of 13%, for photographys 20%, is added to the sum of the highest bid and, the buyer's premium. The buyer's premium amounts to 28% in case of differential taxation. The sales tax is included in the differential taxation.