Among the Wind River Mountains
Artist
Albert Bierstadt
(American, 1830 - 1902)
Date1859
Mediumoil on paper
Dimensions13 1/4 × 19 1/16 inches (33.7 × 48.4 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number31.14.2
ClassificationsPaintings
Label TextIn 1859 Bierstadt made his first trip to the American West. He found a landscape that would inspire him throughout his career. The artist traveled with Colonel Ferdinand Lander’s expedition along the Overland Trail. Bierstadt explored and sketched the Wind River Mountains, part of the Rocky Mountains.
Provenance(C. Bland Jamison, Santa Fe, New Mexico); Purchased June 3, 1958 by H.J. Lutcher Stark [1887-1965]; bequeathed September 2, 1965 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art
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Albert Bierstadt
Albert Bierstadt
