Lot n° 540
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- Lot 540
Valéry BURY (1878-1959), COMPOSER ]- 32 photographic documents relating to Valéry Bury.
Ca 1880-1950. Various formats, qs-one mounted on photo album ff., qs-one glued on mats, most of them captioned with pen or pencil. Wallet with green half-wallet of the period (us.). Some light browning.
Originally from Binche, V. Bury (1878-1959) was an oboist, composer and bandleader of various military formations (5th Lancers, 4th Line Regiment). He ended his career as an inspector of Belgian military music.
The set includes :
- 23 original black and white prints: portraits of Bury as a child, young man, in civilian clothes and especially in uniform, photos of military bands, ceremonies, parades (Victory Day parade in Paris in 1918, funeral of Marshal Foch...), receptions, competition jury (Ostend, 1949). Photographers' signatures: G. Halleux-Mertens (Berchem), Émile Reyniers (Antwerp), A. Ruys-Morel (Kortrijk), De Souter & fils (Bruges), Electric Photo (Brussels), M. Branger (Paris), F. Vermeire (Ostend).
- 1 postcard, 7 illustrated press clippings (2 glued on the back covers of the portfolio).
- 1 diploma granted to V. Bury: "Homage from the grateful Homeland". Brussels, J.-E. Goossens, J. Malvaux, 1918. In-f°, chromolithography, with mentions mss.
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