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Seal Rock, (painting). Artist:  Bierstadt, Albert, 1830-1902, painter. Title:  Seal Rock, (painting). Other Titles:  Seal Rocks, Farallon Islands, (painting). Dates:  ca.1872-1877. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Oil on canvas. Dimensions:  30 x 44 1/4 in. Inscription:  (Lower right:) ABierstadt signed Description:  A wave crashes against a rock formation on which rest many seals. In the foreground a seal swims in the water and holds a fish in his mouth. A sea gull flies by and two other seals are in the water. Subject:  Animal -- Seal Waterscape -- Coast Landscape -- California -- Farallon Islands Object Type:  Painting Owner:  New Britain Museum of American Art, 56 Lexington Street, New Britain, Connecticut 06052 Accession Number: 1962.14 References:  New Britain Museum of American Art, "Highlights of the collection: volume I," New Britain, CT: The Museum, 1999. New Britain Museum of American Art, "Catalogue of the collection," New Britain, CT: The Museum, 1975. "Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Lithographs, Etchings," New Britain, CT: New Britain Museum of American Art, 1963?. 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. 159, CL-46. Anderson, Nancy K., and Linda S. Ferber, "Albert Bierstadt: Art & Enterprise," New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with The Brooklyn Museum, 1990, pg. 239. Baigell, Matthew, "Albert Bierstadt," New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1981, pl. 20. "A Retrospective Exhibition: Albert Bierstadt 1830-1902," Santa Barbara, CA: Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1964, no. 61. Illustration:  Image on file. New Britain Museum of American Art, "Highlights of the collection: volume I," New Britain, CT: The Museum, 1999, pg. 35. 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. 215. Anderson, Nancy K., and Linda S. Ferber, "Albert Bierstadt: Art & Enterprise," New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with The Brooklyn Museum, 1990, no. 64. Baigell, Matthew, "Albert Bierstadt," New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1981, pl. 20. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAP 07130004   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 07130004 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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