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THBAlbert Bierstadt (1830–1902) — Mount Baker, Washington (1891)
Lot 272
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Coeur d'Alene Art Auction
11944 North Tracey Road
Hayden, ID 83835
United States
Coeur d’Alene Art Auction specializes in the finest classical Western and American Art representing past masters and outstanding contemporary artists. The auction principals have over 100 years of combined experience in selling fine art and have netted their clients over $325 million in the last fif...Read more
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The 2021 Coeur d’Alene Art Auction to be held July 31 in Reno, Nevada, will feature 394 selections of unparalleled quality in Western paintings and sculpture from historical and contemporary artists such as Charles M. Russell, Oscar Berninghaus, Walter Ufer, Frank Tenney Johnson, and more. Coeur d'Alene Art Auction info@cdaartauction.com
The 2021 Coeur d’Alene Art Auction to be held July 31 in Reno, Nevada, will feature 394 selections of unparalleled quality in Western paintings and sculpture from historical and contemporary artists such as Charles M. Russell, Oscar Berninghaus, Walter Ufer, Frank Tenney Johnson, and more. Coeur d'Alene Art Auction info@cdaartauction.com
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- Lot Description
Albert Bierstadt (1830–1902)
Mount Baker, Washington (1891)
oil on canvas
14.5 × 20 inches
signed lower right
VERSO
Label, Stashka Art Conservation, Dallas, Texas
According to William Tylee Abbott, “In August of 1890 Bierstadt was commissioned to paint a large oil of ‘Mt. Baker’ for Sir George Stephens of the Canadian Pacific Railway. According to instructions from William Cornelius Van Horne, General Manager of the Railway, ‘... [if] you paint Mount Baker from the first little bridge west of our Stone River bridge I am very sure that Sir George would like that, so sure that you might feel entirely safe in stopping there to paint it. Cloudy days are not infrequent there and you might lose a few days getting a good view of it, but under favorable conditions the view is so magnificent that I am sure it would be well worth your while. I think it the finest natural composition I have ever seen. The point indicated is the nearest one on our line from which a good view of Mount Baker can be had. The Fraser River, very broad here, stretches away towards it, the centre cone of Mount Baker rises apparently directly from the river and is frequently reflected in it with great distinctness.’”
PROVENANCE
J. Harrison Mills, New York, New York
Private collection, Boston, Massachusetts and Texas, ca. 1910-20
Mrs. Jennifer Harris, California, by descent
Private collection, Dallas, Texas
Coeur d’Alene Art Auction, Reno, Nevada, 2011
Private collection, Fort Worth, Texas
LITERATURE
Larry Len Peterson, The American West Reimagined: Gems from the Coeur d’Alene Art Auction, Coeur d’Alene Art Auction, 2021, p. 19, illustrated
View more informationSurface condition is very good. Canvas is lined. Faint craquelure throughout. Two spots of inpainting in left of mountains.Condition
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