Horse Study for "The Last of the Buffalo"

c. 1888

Albert Bierstadt

Artist, American, 1830 - 1902

Artwork overview

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The artist [1830-1902]; by inheritance to his wife, Mary Stewart Bierstadt [d. 1916];[1] two private collections; (sale, Sotheby's, New York, 17 March 1994, no. 1 [with NGA 2014.136.154 and .155]);[2] Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art.
[1] Mary Hicks Stewart, widow of David Stewart, a Boston banker, married the artist in 1894, a year after the death of his first wife, Rosalie Bierstadt.
[2] Early provenance according to the Sotheby's auction catalogue. The painting was acquired from Mrs. Bierstadt by the father of the consignor to the auction.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2008

  • Nature as Nation: 19th-Century American Landscapes from the Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 30 August 2008 - 18 October 2009, unpublished checklist.

2013

  • American Journeys: Visions of Place, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 21 September 2013 - 28 September 2014, unpublished checklist.

Bibliography

2011

  • Cash, Sarah, ed. Corcoran Gallery of Art: American Paintings to 1945. Washington, 2011: 37, 288, repro.

Inscriptions

lower left, the AB in monogram: ABierstadt

Wikidata ID

Q46631546


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