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ALBERT BIERSTADT | Mountain Lake
Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
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Description
- Albert Bierstadt
- Mountain Lake
- signed with the artist's monogrammed initials AB (lower right)
- oil on board
- 10 by 13 3/4 inches
- (25.4 by 34.9 cm)
- Painted circa 1865.
Provenance
Capricorn Galleries, Potomac, Maryland, 1965
Acquired by the present owner, by 1980
Acquired by the present owner, by 1980
Exhibited
Salt Lake City, Utah, University of Utah Museum of Art, Western Landscapes, February-March 1977
Washington, D.C., Adams Davidson Galleries, Portraits of Places: A Survey of American Landscapes, March-April 1979, no. 28
New York, Alexander Gallery, Landscapes of the Hudson River School: First Public Exhibition of a Private Collection, November 1979
Washington, D.C., Adams Davidson Galleries, American Luminism, February-April 1980, illustrated pl. 27, p. 38
University Park, Pennsylvania, Palmer Museum of Art, The Pennsylvania State University, All That Is Glorious Around Us: Paintings from the Hudson River School on Loan from a Friend of the Museum of Art, January-March 1981, no. 1, pp. 40, 122, illustrated p. 41
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, The American Landscape Tradition, November 1982-January 1983
Newark, Delaware, University Gallery, University of Delaware, An Intimate View: Hudson River Landscapes from a Private Collection, April-May 1985
Ithaca, New York, Handwerker Gallery, The American Landscape, January-February 1995
Annville, Pennsylvania, Suzanne H. Arnold Art Gallery, Lebanon Valley College, Passages: Images of Transition in 19th-Century American Landscape Painting, August-October 1995
Greensburg, Pennsylvania, Westmoreland Museum of American Art; University Park, Pennsylvania, Palmer Museum of Art, Pennsylvania State University; Worcester, Massachusetts, Worcester Art Museum; New York, The National Academy, All That Is Glorious Around Us: Paintings from the Hudson River School, August 1997-September 1999, p. 26, illustrated p. 27
Fredericksburg, Virginia, University of Mary Washington Galleries, All That is Glorious Around Us: Paintings from the Hudson River School, October-December 2005
Washington, D.C., Adams Davidson Galleries, Portraits of Places: A Survey of American Landscapes, March-April 1979, no. 28
New York, Alexander Gallery, Landscapes of the Hudson River School: First Public Exhibition of a Private Collection, November 1979
Washington, D.C., Adams Davidson Galleries, American Luminism, February-April 1980, illustrated pl. 27, p. 38
University Park, Pennsylvania, Palmer Museum of Art, The Pennsylvania State University, All That Is Glorious Around Us: Paintings from the Hudson River School on Loan from a Friend of the Museum of Art, January-March 1981, no. 1, pp. 40, 122, illustrated p. 41
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, The American Landscape Tradition, November 1982-January 1983
Newark, Delaware, University Gallery, University of Delaware, An Intimate View: Hudson River Landscapes from a Private Collection, April-May 1985
Ithaca, New York, Handwerker Gallery, The American Landscape, January-February 1995
Annville, Pennsylvania, Suzanne H. Arnold Art Gallery, Lebanon Valley College, Passages: Images of Transition in 19th-Century American Landscape Painting, August-October 1995
Greensburg, Pennsylvania, Westmoreland Museum of American Art; University Park, Pennsylvania, Palmer Museum of Art, Pennsylvania State University; Worcester, Massachusetts, Worcester Art Museum; New York, The National Academy, All That Is Glorious Around Us: Paintings from the Hudson River School, August 1997-September 1999, p. 26, illustrated p. 27
Fredericksburg, Virginia, University of Mary Washington Galleries, All That is Glorious Around Us: Paintings from the Hudson River School, October-December 2005
Literature
Paul Richard, "The Splendor Falls on Nature's Halls," The Washington Post, March 24, 1979, n.p.
Condition
The following condition report has been provided by Simon Parkes, Simon Parkes Art Conservation, Inc. 502 East 74th St. New York, NY 212-734-3920, simonparkes@msn.com, an independent restorer who is not an employee of Sotheby's.
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.