Lot Essay
This work was most likely done as a study for Rocky Mountains, currently in the Phoenix Museum of Art. The painting was probably executed after Bierstadt's trip to the South Sierras in 1872.
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Upcoming Storm
Details
Albert Bierstadt (1830-1902)
Bierstadt, Albert
Upcoming Storm
signed 'ABierstadt' (lower right)--inscribed 'A Bierstadt Upcoming Storm, Yosemite' on the reverse
oil on paper laid down on board
13 x 19 in. (33 x 48.3 cm.)
Bierstadt, Albert
Upcoming Storm
signed 'ABierstadt' (lower right)--inscribed 'A Bierstadt Upcoming Storm, Yosemite' on the reverse
oil on paper laid down on board
13 x 19 in. (33 x 48.3 cm.)
Exhibited
New York, M. Knoedler & Co., Albert Bierstadt 1830-1902, September-October 1972, no. 27, pg. 24, illustrated
Santa Fe, New Mexico, Fenn Gallery, A. Bierstadt, June 1977
Los Angeles, California, Goldfield Galleries, American Landscapes of 19th and 20th Centuries, Spring 1980
San Jose, California, San Jose Museum of Art, Albert Bierstadt and William Keith, June-September 1980
Newport Beach, California, Newport Harbor Art Museum, California: The State of Landscape, 1872-1981, March-May 1981, no. 5, pg. 98, illustrated (This exhibition also traveled to Santa Barbara, The Santa Barbara Museum of Art, July-September 1981)
Santa Fe, New Mexico, Fenn Gallery, A. Bierstadt, June 1977
Los Angeles, California, Goldfield Galleries, American Landscapes of 19th and 20th Centuries, Spring 1980
San Jose, California, San Jose Museum of Art, Albert Bierstadt and William Keith, June-September 1980
Newport Beach, California, Newport Harbor Art Museum, California: The State of Landscape, 1872-1981, March-May 1981, no. 5, pg. 98, illustrated (This exhibition also traveled to Santa Barbara, The Santa Barbara Museum of Art, July-September 1981)