BURKINA-FASO - DAHOMEY - IVORY COAST - MALI - NEW CALEDONIA - Lot 151

BURKINA-FASO - DAHOMEY - IVORY COAST - MALI - NEW CALEDONIA - CLAUDE SAUVAGEOT 1935-2010 - TÉLÉMAQUE REGNARD Côte-d'Ivoire: woman with pebble, native weaver, men and village chief's house in Ferkessédougou, couple and family in Banco near Abidjan; Burkina-Faso: Bobo-Dioulasso, native family, high forest; Mali: Gao: tomb of the Askhias, native hut, contortionist dancers; Dahomey: children combing their hair; New Caledonia Vao: sacrificial den, pigs' jaws. Photographs. 15 vintage silver prints, some with captions and author's name in negative, 1 with Sauvageot stamp on back. Images: 10.6 x 15.1 cm to 23.7 x 30.3 cm. Some prints are from the series "Souvenir de l'Afrique Occidentale Française. 1930-1932" by Warrant Officer Télémaque Regnard. Enlisted in the French Air Force in 1914, he specialized in aerial photography, but gradually began to take "ground" shots for the authorities of the colonial territories in which he served.