Lot 78
  • 78

Albert Bierstadt 1830-1902

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description

  • Albert Bierstadt
  • Wooded Hillside
  • signed Bierstadt, l.l.
  • oil on canvas
  • 18 5/8 by 27 1/4 in.
  • 47.3 by 69.2 cm.

Provenance

Private Collection, New York

Condition

Canvas is not lined (but framed under glass and with a panel behind the canvas attached to the stretcher) SURFACE: in generally good condition; craquelure throughout; dirty, uneven varnish; a 2 in. vertical scratch at upper edge, center UNDER ULTRA VIOLET: no apparent inpainting; hard to see through old varnish; slight fluorescence at upper center (on scratch mentioned above)--not sure if this is inpainting--more likely a glaze or some sort of spill--in any case looks to be on top of varnish
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