Metropolitan Museum of Art 5th Avenue at 82nd Street New York New York 10028 Accession Number: 07.123
Date:
1863
Notes:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1975.
Hendricks, Gordon, "Albert Bierstadt: painter of the American West," NY: H. N. Abrams, published in association with the Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, 1974, no. 108, CL-170.
Spassky, Natalie, "American Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume II: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born between 1816 and 1845," New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1985, pg. 321.
Anderson, Nancy K., and Linda S. Ferber, "Albert Bierstadt: Art & Enterprise," New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with The Brooklyn Museum, 1990, pg. 74 & 195.
Anderson, Nancy K., and Linda S. Ferber, "Albert Bierstadt: Art & Enterprise," New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with The Brooklyn Museum, 1990, pg. 195.
"Primal Visions: Albert Bierstadt 'Discovers' American," Montclair, NJ: Montclair Art Museum, 2001, pg. 12.
Baigell, Matthew, "Albert Bierstadt," New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1981, pl. 11.
"The Journey of Frederic Edwin Church through Colombia and Ecuador," Bogotá, D.C., Colombia: Villegas Asociados S.A. in association with Universidad de los Andes and Thomas Greg & Sons, 2008, pg. 175.
"Colorado: The Artist's Muse," Denver, CO: Denver Art Museum, Petrie Institute of Western American Art, 2008, pg. 48.
Image on file.
Hendricks, Gordon, "Albert Bierstadt: painter of the American West," NY: H. N. Abrams, published in association with the Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, 1974, pg. 150.
Spassky, Natalie, "American Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume II: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born between 1816 and 1845," New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1985, pg. 323.
Anderson, Nancy K., and Linda S. Ferber, "Albert Bierstadt: Art & Enterprise," New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with The Brooklyn Museum, 1990, fig. 39. & pl. no. 37.
Anderson, Nancy K., and Linda S. Ferber, "Albert Bierstadt: Art & Enterprise," New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with The Brooklyn Museum, 1990, no. 37.
"Primal Visions: Albert Bierstadt 'Discovers' American," Montclair, NJ: Montclair Art Museum, 2001, fig. 2.
Baigell, Matthew, "Albert Bierstadt," New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1981, pl. 11.
"The Journey of Frederic Edwin Church through Colombia and Ecuador," Bogotá, D.C., Colombia: Villegas Asociados S.A. in association with Universidad de los Andes and Thomas Greg & Sons, 2008, pg. 113.
"Colorado: The Artist's Muse," Denver, CO: Denver Art Museum, Petrie Institute of Western American Art, 2008, pg. 48.
(Lower right:) ABierstadt / 1863 signed
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Summary:
A Shoshone Indian encampment on the Green River, at the base of the snow-capped mountains of the Wind River range, with Leander's Peak (actually Fremont's Peak) in the middle. In the central background there is a waterfall highlighted by the sun as the water flows down the rocky cliffs into the Green River.
