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SELLA, VITTORIO (1859-1943) [Siniolchu in the Himalayas taken from the Zemu Glacier, 1899]. Gelatin silver print, 22 1/2 x 16 5/8 inches (572 x 425 mm), blind stamp in lower right "Vittorio Sella, Biella." Slight toning to one section of the image, but a handsome example of Sella's work. In early (probably original) oak frame, with lath backing. A rare large format print by Sella, who was born in Biella in the Piedmont area of the Italian Alps, and was a mountaineer of considerable ability, as well as a skilled photographer. He accompanied Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi on his famous 1909 expedition to the Karakoram Himalayas, which is when this image was taken; it is among his best known. C