Apr 21, 2020 10:00 EST
American Paintings, Furniture & Decorative Arts
57
Albert Bierstadt
Albert Bierstadt
American, 1830-1902
Sunset over the Trees
Signed ABierstadt with conjoined initials (ll)
Oil on paper laid to canvas
14 x 19 1/2 inches
Provenance:
Kennedy Galleries, New York
Private Collection in the late 1970s
We would like to thank Melissa Webster Speidel, President of the Bierstadt Foundation and Director of the Albert Bierstadt catalogue raisonné project, for her assistance in the cataloguing of this lot.
High Value Lot -- We are anticipating strong interest in this lot. Please email us at Bid.Live@Doyle.com to request an increase in your bid limit as soon as possible. Bidding in this auction beyond $20,000 requires a request in writing. The volume of bidding will be high, so we suggest that you place bids in advance of the closing date. The text of this lot updated on April 16.
Sold for $106,250
Estimated at $30,000 - $50,000
Includes Buyer's Premium
Albert Bierstadt
American, 1830-1902
Sunset over the Trees
Signed ABierstadt with conjoined initials (ll)
Oil on paper laid to canvas
14 x 19 1/2 inches
Provenance:
Kennedy Galleries, New York
Private Collection in the late 1970s
We would like to thank Melissa Webster Speidel, President of the Bierstadt Foundation and Director of the Albert Bierstadt catalogue raisonné project, for her assistance in the cataloguing of this lot.
High Value Lot -- We are anticipating strong interest in this lot. Please email us at Bid.Live@Doyle.com to request an increase in your bid limit as soon as possible. Bidding in this auction beyond $20,000 requires a request in writing. The volume of bidding will be high, so we suggest that you place bids in advance of the closing date. The text of this lot updated on April 16.
In the center of the foreground there is a 1/4 inch break in the paper with no apparent associated losses. In the center of the sky there is an isolated area of impact cracks with some associated inpainting. There are two other spots of inpainting in the sky each less than 1/4 inches in size. Some localized craquelure in the trees.
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Auction: American Paintings, Furniture & Decorative Arts, Apr 21, 2020
