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ALBERT BIERSTADT

American, 1830-1902

Mounted Indian at Sunset

oil on paper on board
signed A. Bierstadt lower right
9 1/4 x 13 1/4 in., frame: 19 3/8 x 23 1/2 in.

  • Provenance: Northern Natural Gas Company, Omaha, Nebraska; InterNorth Art Foundation; Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum, Los Angeles, California; (Questroyal Fine Art, New York); The Collection of a South Carolina Lady.
  • Literature:
    - Joslyn Museum, Artists of the Western Frontier. Omaha, Nebraska: Joslyn Museum, 1976, illustrated p. 8, no. 22.
    - Goetzmann, William H., Joseph C. Porter and David C. Hunt. The West as Romantic Horizon. Omaha, Nebraska: Center for Western Studies, Joslyn Art Museum, 1981. Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press, p. 75, no. 11.

    Exhibitions:
    - Long-term loan to the Joslyn Museum, Omaha, Nebraska.
    - Artists of the Western Frontier, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, July 3-October 17, 1976.
    - The West as Romantic Horizon, Kennedy Galleries, New York, September 14-October 2, 1981.
  • Notes: Grogan & Company thanks 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. Of the present work, she writes, "As part of his art practice, Bierstadt regularly did oil sketches where he captured an aspect of the scene – a mountain formation, clouds, or colors at certain times of day. In Mounted Indian in Sunset, he captures the colors of a setting sun and the effects of the light on the clouds and sky. The mounted figure and mountains are backlit with very little definition. The focus here is the evening light as described by the golds, oranges and corals….Although loosely painted, Bierstadt expertly captures the essence of a western landscape in waning light. The painting may date from his 1859 or 1863 trips West."
  • Condition: Uneven varnish, clear under UV otherwise. Would likely benefit from a cleaning/revarnish.

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