Nov 2, 2021 11:00 EST
American Paintings & Prints
65
Albert Bierstadt
German/American, 1830-1902
Two Woodchucks in Westphalian Forest, circa 1855
inscribed Westphalia / Germany on the reverse
Oil on paper mounted to board
13 x 10 3/4 inches
Provenance:
Florence Lewison Gallery, New York (by 1964)
Exhibited:
New York, NY, Florence Lewison Gallery, Man, Beast, and Nature: Oil and Drawings by Albert Bierstadt (1830-1902), Oct. 6 -Nov. 14, 1964, cat. no. 12
This work is included in the Albert Bierstadt database being compiled in preparation for a catalogue raisonne of the artist's paintings.
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.
Sold for $8,750
Estimated at $4,000 - $6,000
Includes Buyer's Premium
Albert Bierstadt
German/American, 1830-1902
Two Woodchucks in Westphalian Forest, circa 1855
inscribed Westphalia / Germany on the reverse
Oil on paper mounted to board
13 x 10 3/4 inches
Provenance:
Florence Lewison Gallery, New York (by 1964)
Exhibited:
New York, NY, Florence Lewison Gallery, Man, Beast, and Nature: Oil and Drawings by Albert Bierstadt (1830-1902), Oct. 6 -Nov. 14, 1964, cat. no. 12
This work is included in the Albert Bierstadt database being compiled in preparation for a catalogue raisonne of the artist's paintings.
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.
Craquelure in the upper left corner. Surface soiling.
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Auction: American Paintings & Prints, Nov 2, 2021
