Oct 10, 2013 - Sale 2324

Sale 2324 - Lot 380

Price Realized: $ 500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(ARGENTINA.) Pallière, A.J.; artist. Group of plates from Album Pallière Escenas Americanas. 15 (of 52) tinted lithographs, each 13 1/4 x 20 1/2 inches; edges worn with numerous repaired closed tears, only one of them extending into the image, minor spotting and soiling. [Buenos Aires, circa 1850]
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Most of these plates depict life in Argentina. Titles include "Paseo del Domingo," "Las Islas del Paraná," "La Porteña en el Templo," "Santiagueña Tejiendo," "Parada para hacer Noche," "Invasion de Indios," "Tobas Indios del Gran Chaco," "El Asado," "Carreras de Campo," "Mendoza antes del Temblor de 1860," and "La Calera." Two of the plates are of Brazil: "Un Mercado en Bahia" and "Rio Paranagua"; while one depicts Chile ("Cordillera de los Andes") and another Bolivia ("Caravana en el Desierto de Atacama"). "Very rare album, so sought after by Argentinians"--Borba de Moraes, page 648. Palau 21114.