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Albert Bierstadt: Seal Rock, California  wikidata:Q20538436 reasonator:Q20538436
Artist
Albert Bierstadt  (1830–1902)  wikidata:Q77132
 
Albert Bierstadt
Alternative names
Bierstadt
Description German-American painter, photographer, architectural draftsperson and scenographer
Date of birth/death 7 January 1830 Edit this at Wikidata 18 February 1902 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Solingen Edit this at Wikidata New York City Edit this at Wikidata
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New Bedford, New York City, Irvington, New York, California
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artist QS:P170,Q77132
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English: Seal Rock, California
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre marine art Edit this at Wikidata
Date circa 1872
date QS:P571,+1872-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium oil on paper mounted on canvas
Dimensions height: 40.6 cm (15.9 in); width: 55.9 cm (22 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,40.6U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,55.9U174728
Place of creation United States of America Edit this at Wikidata
Credit line [With]Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1975.
Inscriptions signed with conjoined initials 'ABierstadt' (lower left)
References Christie's object ID: 5436885 Edit this at Wikidata
Source/Photographer Christie's, LotFinder: entry 5436885 (sale 2444, lot 37, New York, 18 May 2011)
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