Lot 228
  • 228

Albert Bierstadt

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
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Description

  • Albert Bierstadt
  • Bighorn Sheep
  • signed ABierstadt (lower left)
  • oil on paper laid down on canvas
  • 13 5/8 by 19 1/8 inches
  • (34.6 by 48.6 cm)
  • Executed circa 1876-1879.

Provenance

Private Collection, New Jersey
By descent from the above, grandparents of the present owner

Condition

Oil on paper, laid down on canvas. Surface: In generally good condition; paper slightly buckling and a few small surface scratches and pindot losses. UNDER UV: No apparent inpainting.
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