Otto Ernst Friedrich Grashof (1812-1876)
Otto Ernst Friedrich Grashof (1812-1876)

Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro

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Otto Ernst Friedrich Grashof (1812-1876)
Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro
signed, inscribed and dated 'Praia de Botafogo vom Moro de viuva gesehen/O Grashof/1857 Rio de Janeiro 3 Jan 1857'
pencil and watercolour heightened with white
10¾ x 14.5/8in. (27.3 x 37.2cm.)
Exhibited
Cologne, Kölnischen Kunstvereins, Vergessene Kölner Knstler, 1934, no. 227 (exhibition catalogue I. Otto Grashof (1812-1876), p.26).
Berlin, Ibero-Amerikanischer Institut Preussischer Kulturbesitz in Berlin, Otto Grashof, Die Reisen des Malers in Argentinien, Uruguay, Chilie und Brasilien 1852-1857, 1987, no.71 (exhibition catalogue p.240, illustrated p.320.)
Engraved
in O. Grashof, Reisewerk II, Sdamerikanische Reisen von 1856-1857. Von der Westkste Chili uns Cap Horn nach Brasilien [MS] (Illustrationen zum II. Theil), p.108.

Lot Essay

Grashof was in Brazil from May 1855 until May 1857 on the last leg of his five year tour of South America.

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