Lot 169
  • 169

Albert Bierstadt 1830-1902

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
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Description

  • Albert Bierstadt
  • Beached Ship
  • signed with the artist's monogrammed signature ABierstadt and dated 1859, l.l.
  • oil on canvas
  • 17 by 23 1/2 in.
  • (43.2 by 59.7 cm)

Provenance

Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York (sold: Sotheby's, New York, February 13, 1982, lot 8, illustrated in color)
Acquired by the present owner at the above sale

Exhibited

New York, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, American Art from the Gallery's Collection, 1980, no. 28, p. 39, illustrated

Condition

Good condition, lined, some craquelure; under UV: some inpainting to address frame abrasion along lower edge, one thin three inch line to address stretcher bar mark.
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