ID 1360632
Lot 332 | ALBERT BIERSTADT (1830-1902)
Estimate value
$ 500 000 – 700 000
Dawn in the Rockies
signed with initials in monogram 'ABierstadt' (lower left)
oil on canvas
18 ¼ x 24 in. (46.4 x 61 cm.)
Painted circa 1869.
Provenance
Private collection, England.
Museum of Western Art, Denver, Colorado.
Private collection, Fort Worth, Texas.
Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Private collection, Los Angeles, California.
Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1997.
Literature
W. Foxley, Frontier Spirit: The Collection of the Museum of Western Art, Denver, Colorado, 1983, pl. 13, no. 7, illustrated.
American Masters: A Selection of Works from the Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1990, pl. 8, illustrated.
Exhibited
New York, Gerald Peters Gallery, Bierstadt's West, September 11-October 24, 1997, pl. 11, illustrated.
Further details
We would like to thank Melissa Webster Speidel, President of the Bierstadt Foundation and Director of the Albert Bierstadt catalogue raisonné project, for her assistance in the cataloguing of this lot. This work is included in the database being compiled for her forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the artist's work.
| Artist: | Albert Bierstadt (1830 - 1902) |
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| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Artist: | Albert Bierstadt (1830 - 1902) |
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| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
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