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ALBERT BIERSTADT | Mountain Landscape
Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 USD
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Description
- Albert Bierstadt
- Mountain Landscape
- signed with initials AB (lower right)
- oil on paper laid down on board
- 25 1/4 x 19 3/4 inches
- (64.1 by 50.2 cm)
Provenance
Sold: Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, April 25, 1980, lot 159
Acquired by the present owner at the above sale
Acquired by the present owner at the above sale
Condition
There is frame abrasion at edges. There is a pindot of possible loss in the leaves of the yellow tree at left and in the log in right foreground. Under UV: there is inpainting to frame abrasion at edges, a thin 3 inch diagonal line in the hillside at lower right below the brown tree, a 2 inch line above the mountain peak at center, possibly to address a repaired tear. There are other scattered dots and spots of inpainting in the sky.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
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.