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Bodmer, Karl

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BODMER, Karl Collection de vingt eaux-fortes [...]. Paris L'Illustration 1860 Title, table of contents, 20 etchings, 17,7 x 7,5 to 31,5 x 49,0 cm, Chine collé on wove paper, plate signed (some marg. spots and damp stains, few sm. tears on edges, some edges sl. browned). Publ. portfolio (sl. used). Karl Bodmer (1809-1893) was a Swiss-born French artist who traveled North America with the prince Maximilian zu Wied-Neuwied in 1832-1834. There, he painted his observations of Native Americans and nature. On his return, he maintained relations with the Barbizon school. Complete set from a limited ed. of 250 numb. copies (n. 74). Incl. a burial site of the Assiniboine tribe and various animals in the woods.