[Missions Citroën. Croisière Jaune. Photographs]. Lyon, Soci - Lot 148

[Missions Citroën. Croisière Jaune. Photographs]. Lyon, Société Lumière, (1931-1932). 18 gelatino silver bromide glass plates (format: 8.5 x 10 cm), in a period cardboard box with "Société Lumière" label. Rare photographic archive from the Croisière Jaune organized by André Citroën from April 4, 1931 to February 12, 1932, from Beirut to Peking with the Pamir group led by industrialist Georges-Marie Haardt (1884-1932) and officer Louis Audouin-Dubreuil (1887-1960). For his "Missions Citroën" (Sahara crossing 1922-1923, Croisière noire 1924-1925 and Croisière jaune 1931-1932), André Citroën took on board film-makers, photographers and intellectuals to document the roads, landscapes and communities he encountered, as well as the company's difficulties. Contains: 1. Car and two mechanics in China 2. Louis Audouin-Dubreuil (L.A.D.) during his ride through the Himalayas 3. L.A.D. in the Karakorum 4. Grey Dawn in Kashmir 5. L.A.D. on horseback on the slopes of the Himalayas 6. L.A.D. and a guide in the Himalayas 7. L.A.D. entrusts Aube Grise to a Chinese man 8. L.A.D. writes his notes in Gilgit 9. L.A.D. in Kashmir 10. L.A.D. in Auxou with Aube Grise. 11. Moudaria pass 12. High Pamirs pass. Afghan nomads coming over the Vakshir pass 13. L.A.D. and Aube Grise 14. The Karakoul 15. Grey Dawn at Gilgit 16. L.A.D. at Ouroumshi 17. L.A.D. and Grey Dawn in Shri Nagar 18. L.A.D. in meditation.