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Indian Encampment, Lake Tahoe (?), (painting)

Catalog Data

Painter:
Bierstadt, Albert 1830-1902  Search this
Medium:
Oil on paper
Culture:
Indian  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Anonymous Collection
Date:
1863-1873 (?)
Notes:
Hendricks, Gordon, "Albert Bierstadt 1830-1902," New York: M. Knoedler & Co., 1982, no. 29.
Summary:
View of a mountain lake with a canoe beached on shore to the right, a tepee standing to the left, and two Native American figures nearby, one seated beside the tepee, and the other walking toward the tepee. In the distance, on the far side of the lake, a low mountain range is partially covered by low-hanging clouds.
Topic:
Landscape--Lake  Search this
Landscape--Mountain  Search this
Architecture--Other--Campsite  Search this
Figure group  Search this
Ethnic  Search this
Architecture--Boat--Canoe  Search this
Architecture exterior--Domestic--Tepee  Search this
Control number:
IAP 8A310014
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_394507