Albert Bierstadt

An Indian Encampment

Live auction begins on:

January 24, 07:00 PM GMT

Estimate

800,000 - 1,200,000 USD

Bid

700,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Beyond the Brushstroke: The Sam & Marilyn Fox Collection

Albert Bierstadt

1830 - 1902

An Indian Encampment

signed ABierstadt and dated '61 (lower right); indistinctly signed (lower left)

oil on canvas

13 ⅝ by 19 ⅜ in.

34.6 by 49.2 cm.

Executed in 1861.

This work will be included in the forthcoming Albert Bierstadt catalogue raisonné database. We thank Melissa Webster Speidel, President of the Bierstadt Foundation and Director of the Albert Bierstadt catalogue raisonné project, for her assistance cataloguing this lot.

Sir Alexander Hargreaves-Brown, Surrey, England (acquired directly from the artist circa 1867-69)

Lady Piggot Brown, Oxfordshire, England (acquired by descent from the above)

Private Collection (acquired by descent from the above)

Sotheby's, New York, 23 May 1993, lot 221 (consigned by the above)

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner