ALBERT BIERSTADT | MOUNTAIN LANDSCAPE
Property from an Important Private Collection
ALBERT BIERSTADT
1830 - 1902
MOUNTAIN LANDSCAPE
signed with the artist's monogrammed initials AB (lower left)
oil on paper laid down on canvas
14 by 19 inches
(35.5 by 48.3 cm)
We 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.
Condition Report:
The original paper sheet has been laid down on canvas. There are select small losses to the sheet, as well as a tear extending from center left edge, in the lower right corner and at the bottom center edge, that have been repaired accordingly. Under UV: there is inpainting corresponding to the above restorations, as well as sections of inpaint in the large mountain at left, along the upper edge and at center right.
Provenance:
The artist
Mary Stewart Bierstadt (the artist's wife, by descent)
Mrs. Hurley (by descent)
Sold: Sotheby's, New York, December 3, 1987, lot 35
Acquired by the present owner at the above sale
View it on
Sale price
Estimate
Time, Location
Auction House
Property from an Important Private Collection
ALBERT BIERSTADT
1830 - 1902
MOUNTAIN LANDSCAPE
signed with the artist's monogrammed initials AB (lower left)
oil on paper laid down on canvas
14 by 19 inches
(35.5 by 48.3 cm)
We 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.
Condition Report:
The original paper sheet has been laid down on canvas. There are select small losses to the sheet, as well as a tear extending from center left edge, in the lower right corner and at the bottom center edge, that have been repaired accordingly. Under UV: there is inpainting corresponding to the above restorations, as well as sections of inpaint in the large mountain at left, along the upper edge and at center right.
Provenance:
The artist
Mary Stewart Bierstadt (the artist's wife, by descent)
Mrs. Hurley (by descent)
Sold: Sotheby's, New York, December 3, 1987, lot 35
Acquired by the present owner at the above sale
Sale price
Estimate
Time, Location
Auction House
Similar Items
