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Lot 417: ALBERT BERG

Est: $2,000 USD - $3,000 USD
Sotheby'sNew York, NY, USApril 14, 2011

Item Overview

Description

ALBERT BERG GERMAN 1825 - 1884 A RAINFOREST VIEW OF MOUNT QUINDIO IN THE ANDES, CENTRAL COLOMBIA signed and dated A Berg / 1876 lower left 79 by 60cm., 31 by 23½in.

Artist or Maker

Notes

Inspired by Humboldt, Albert Berg travelled to South America and concentrated on studying the vegetation of New Granada (Colombia) and he published a folio of fourteen lithographs (Physiognomie der tropischen Vegetation Sd-America's; dargestellt durch eine Reihe von Ansichten aus der Urwäldern am Magdalenenstrome und der Anden von Neu-Granada) in 1854.

The work is inscribed on the stretcher 'Andes de Quindiu Nueva Granada Süd America / 4 Gr nörd. Br. 8000 Fuss Meereshöhe', with the artist's address, and with the names of plants: 'Cupuliferen. Ceroxylon. Andicola. Oreadoxa frigida. Heliconien. Solaneen. Aroideen. Orchideen. Bromeli'

Auction Details

Noblesse Oblige

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Sotheby's
April 14, 2011, 12:00 PM EST

1334 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10021, US