Pusch, Gaston (sold)
Gaston Pusch (fl. c. 1898 - 1902) was a French civil engineer, architect, and draftsman active in Saigon, Vietnam, during the French Colonial period. His was responsible for many of the French style administrative buildings constructed in Saigon during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
The most extraordinary view of Saigon or Ho Chi Minh City during the French period.
[Saigon]
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The only known example of what can only be the largest and most spectacular panoramic bird's-eye view of Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam) ever produced. Drafted by Gaston Pusch and published in Saigon by Claude et Cie., this c. 1898 view was printed using a sophisticated multi-color chromolithograph process - a testament to the intellectual and industrial prosperity of Saigon at the height of French imperial rule. The perspective Bird's-eye view looks on Saigon from a high point to the east of the city just across the bustling Saigon River. The view celebrates the massive and all-encompassing rebuilding of Saigon on a grand scale in the late 19th century, reveling lively city full of imposing colonial buildings, sprawling formal gardens, and grand tree-lined boulevards. (more details)