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Sketchbook

1881

Albert Bierstadt

Artist, American, 1830 - 1902

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Artwork overview

Medium

bound volume of forty-six graphite drawings
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.)
Dimensions

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

2015.19.5298.1-46

Boats on the Shore

Albert Bierstadt

1881

Tree

Albert Bierstadt

1881

Elk

Albert Bierstadt

1881

Artwork history & notes

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

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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

Markings

stamped center cover in gilt lettering: Album

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