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Auguste Mayer (French, 1805-1890)
Interior of the ice cave a…
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Auguste Mayer (French, 1805-1890)
Interior of the ice cave a…
See original version (French)
Estimate €1,000 - €1,500
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Auguste Mayer (French, 1805-1890)
Interior of the ice cave at Surtshellir, 1836.
Watercolour.
Signed and dated lower left: A. Mayer, 16 August 1836.
Height 27 Width 44 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. Interior of Surtshellir ice cave. 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 132: Intérieur de la grotte de glace, à Surtshellir. The ice covers the lava and presents magnificent stalactites and stalagmites as pure as rock crystal.
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