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Auguste Mayer (French, 1805-1890)
"Svinafellsjokull glacier"…
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Auguste Mayer (French, 1805-1890)
"Svinafellsjokull glacier"…
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Estimate €1,000 - €1,500
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Description
Auguste Mayer (French, 1805-1890)
"Svinafellsjokull glacier", 1836.
Watercolour.
Signed, dated and situated lower left: Glacier of Svinafellsjokull, 13 July 1836, A. Mayer .
Height 27 Width 44.5 cm.
Provenance: collection of Paul Guieysse (1841-1914), General Councillor for the canton of Lorient-Nord (1881-1889 and 1898-1901), Member of Parliament for Morbihan between 1890 and 1910 and Minister for the Colonies between 1895 and 1896; by family transmission, private collection, Paris.
Mayer. Svinafellsjokull Glacier. Watercolour. 1836.
Bibliography: Joseph Paul Gaimard, "Voyage en Islande et au Groënland exécuté pendant les années 1835 et 1836 sur la corvette La Recherche dans le but de découvrir les traces de La Lilloise", Paris, Bertrand, preparatory drawings for plate 80: Glacier de Svinafells - Jokull. The azure of these beautiful needles is often altered by blackish areas of volcanic matter.
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