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Auguste Mayer (French, 1805-1890)
"Summit of Mount Stafsheid…
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235
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Auguste Mayer (French, 1805-1890)
"Summit of Mount Stafsheid…
See original version (French)
Estimate €1,000 - €1,500
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Description
Auguste Mayer (French, 1805-1890)
"Summit of Mount Stafsheidi", 1836.
Pencil and white highlights.
Signed, dated and situated lower right: 25 Juillet 1836, Sommet du Stafsheidi, A. Mayer .
Height 27 Width 43.5 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. Summit of Stafsheiði mountain. Pencil and white heightening. 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 103: Summit of Stafsheidi mountain. It is composed of tabular phonolite, crossed by numerous dykes.
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