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Albert Bierstadt

Sketchbook, 1881

Not on View

Medium

bound volume of forty-six graphite drawings

Dimensions

overall (closed): 13.97 × 21.59 × 1.11 cm (5 1/2 × 8 1/2 × 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase with a grant from The Lucelia Foundation and funds given by Anne Barnett Hazel in honor of John Tilghman Hazel, Jr.)

Accession Number

2015.19.5298.1-46

Artists / Makers

Albert Bierstadt (artist) American, 1830 - 1902

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Marks and Labels

stamped center cover in gilt lettering: Album

Provenance

(Edward Eberstadt and Sons, New York, mid-1960s); private collection, 1965; (William Reese Company, New Haven, Connecticut); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2003; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Corcoran Gallery of Art
Edward Eberstadt & Sons
Reese, William

Exhibition History

2005: Encouraging American Genius: Master Paintings from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2005-2006

2008: The American Evolution: A History through Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2008

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