Brunk Auctions
Live Auction

Premier Catalog Auction Day 3

Sat, Jul 14, 2018 09:00AM EDT
Lot 1187

Albert Bierstadt

Estimate: $10,000 - $15,000

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

(American, 1830-1902)

Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak, signed in print lower right "ABierstadt 1863", published by Thomas McLean, London, 1869, chromolithograph, 19-1/2 x 32-5/8 in.; period gilt wood and composition frame, 30 x 43 in.

Note: Anderson, Nancy K., Linda S. Ferber, and Helena E. Wright. Albert Bierstadt: Art and Enterprise. New York: Brooklyn Museum/Hudson Hills Press, 1991, pp. 274-275, figure 89, illustrated in color p. 291

Condition

laid on stretched linen, scattered surface wrinkles (approx. 9) throughout, one puncture approx. 3/4 in long sky left, fine crackle, yellowed varnish, toning sky and left side; frame with repairs, re-gilt, cracks, grime