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“Los Penitentes,” Cordillera de los Andes

 
Accession number AR.EP.PC.0008
Creator
Places
Andes Mountains [Cordillera de los Andes]
Penitentes (mountains; Argentina)
Argentina
Date
1930
Measurements
3.5 x 5.5 inches
Materials/Techniques
painting
Work types
postcard

Description

TRANSCRIPTION

“Los Penitentes” [the penitents], Cordillera de los Andes [Andes Mountains]

Los Penitentes. Llamados asi por la formacion de las Columnas y Rocas chicas dan la idea de una Catedral con los Penitentes rogando. [The Penitents. So called for the formation of columns and rocks that bring to mind a cathedral filled with praying penitents.]

Wide-Wide-World. Los Andes. Raphael Tuck and Sons’ “Oilette” Postcard No. 7961. Art Publishers to Their Majesties the King and Queen.

Printed in England.

CATALOGING

Listed in 1930 Postcard Catalogue

Collection

Ephemera Collection
 

Repository

Dumbarton Oaks Archives, 054.SUZ.02.PCbox.094
Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, DC
Accession number AR.EP.PC.0008
Creator
Places
Andes Mountains [Cordillera de los Andes]
Penitentes (mountains; Argentina)
Argentina
Date
1930
Measurements
3.5 x 5.5 inches
Materials/Techniques
painting
Work types
postcard

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