Figure Study for "The Last of the Buffalo"
1888
Albert Bierstadt
Painter, American, 1830 - 1902
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 33.66 × 48.58 cm (13 1/4 × 19 1/8 in.)
framed: 49.53 × 63.5 × 7.62 cm (19 1/2 × 25 × 3 in.) -
Accession Number
2014.136.154
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 2014.136.155 and .156]);[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American Landscapes from the Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 30 August 2008 - 18 October 2009, unpublished checklist.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American Journeys: Visions of Place, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 21 September 2013 - 28 September 2014, unpublished checklist.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 center, the AB in monogram: ABierstadt
Wikidata ID
Q46631489