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CIRCA 1818, JOSEPH DUFOUR, PARIS
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A SET OF FIVE POLYCHROME PAPIER PEINT PANELS
Circa 1818, Joseph Dufour, Paris
From the series Les Incas, depicting a celebration at the Temple of the Sun, set within a landscape, mounted on canvas
74½in. (189cm.) high, 103½in. (263cm.) wide
Circa 1818, Joseph Dufour, Paris
From the series Les Incas, depicting a celebration at the Temple of the Sun, set within a landscape, mounted on canvas
74½in. (189cm.) high, 103½in. (263cm.) wide
Literature
The five panels in this lot are numbers 4-8 from the complete set of 25 panels of the panoramic Les Incas, first published by Dufour circa 1818. The series was reissued by Desfossé & Karth in the second half of the 19th century.
cf. Papier Peints Panoramiques, Flammarion, Paris, 1998, p.265.
cf. Papier Peints Panoramiques, Flammarion, Paris, 1998, p.265.