Lot #997: AGUSTIN VICTOR CASASOLA - Francisco "Pancho" Villa en la Silla Presidencial [Mexico] - Gelatin silver print

 

Artist: Agustin Victor Casasola (Mexican, 1874 - 1938).
Title: "Francisco "Pancho" Villa en la Silla Presidencial [Mexico]".
Medium: Gelatin silver print.
Date: Composed 1914. Printed later from the original negative.
Dimensions: Image size: 11 x 14 in. (279 x 356 mm).
Pricing:
  Starting Price: $400
  Reserve Price: N.A.
  Auction Sale Price Estimate: $700/800
Lot Note(s): Titled, signed and annotated "No. 6" in the negative. Casasola Studios embossed blindstamp seal, lower right. Thick Foma Bohemia photographic paper. Fine, quality printing. Very good to fine condition. Provenance: Private collection, Mexico City.
Comment(s): A classic and famous image. Rodolfo Fierro (far right), stands by as Pancho Villa (in the Presidential chair) chats with Emiliano Zapata at Mexico City. Tómas Urbina is seated at far left, Otilio Montaño (with his head bandaged) is seated to the far right. The Casasola Archive was acquired from the heirs of Agustin Victor Casasola by the Mexican government in 1976. No photographs from the Archive have been printed for public distribution since then. [23131-3-400-NA]