Auguste Borget (1809-1877)

In the Cordillera, Argentina

Details

Auguste Borget (1809-1877)
In the Cordillera, Argentina
inscribed and dated 'dans les Cordillères 10 Juillet/1837' (lower right),
pencil heightened with white, octagonal, unframed
9½ x 156in. (24.2 x 38.9cm.)

Literature

D. James, En las pampas y los Andes, Treinta y tres dibujos y textos sobre Argentina, Chile y Peru de Auguste Borget, Buenos Aires, 1960, p.35, no.34.

Lot Essay

Borget was crossing the Andes en route from Mendoza to Santiago in July 1837. For his South American work, see L. Stavrides, 'Voyage autour du monde' in the exhibition catalogue Auguste Borget, Issoudun, 1999, pp.15-21.

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