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Big Sandy River, Wind River Mountains, (painting). Artist:  Bierstadt, Albert, 1830-1902, painter. Title:  Big Sandy River, Wind River Mountains, (painting). Other Titles:  Big Sandy River, Rocky Mountains, (painting). Dates:  1860. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Oil on board. Dimensions:  16 1/2 x 24 in. (41.9 x 61.0 cm). Inscription:  (Lower left:) ABierstadt / 1860 (On back:) Mr. Wiggins Junction on the Big Sandy River, Rocky Mountains(sic) signed Description:  "Landscape - mountains and a whiff of far-off smoke in the background - deciduous trees by a river in foreground - two Indians on horseback are shooting at buffalo crossing the river." Subject:  Landscape -- River -- Big Sandy River Landscape -- Mountain -- Wind River Mountains Landscape -- Mountain -- Rocky Mountains Landscape -- Wyoming Figure group Object Type:  Painting Owner:  Museum of Western Art, 1727 Tremont Place, Denver, Colorado 80202 Provenance:  Formerly in the collection of Bierstadt, Albert, estate of, Dupont, Max Webber, Inc., Middleton, Massachusetts Kruger, David, Mr & Mrs, Alexandria, Virginia Alexander Gallery, New York, New York References:  Antiques (Nov. 1972). 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. 76. Restricted Owner, 1990. Carr, Gerald L., "Bierstadt's West," New York: Gerald Peters Gallery, 1997, pl. no. 5. "Carr, Gerald L., "Albert Bierstadt: An Exhibition of Forty Paintings," New York": Alexander Gallery, 1983, no. 2. "Frontier Spirit: Catalog of the Collection of the Museum of Western Art," Denver, Co: Museum of Western Art, 1983, no. 6. Illustration:  Image on file. Antiques (Nov. 1972): 725. 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, fig. 55. Carr, Gerald L., "Bierstadt's West," New York: Gerald Peters Gallery, 1997, pl. no. 5. "Carr, Gerald L., "Albert Bierstadt: An Exhibition of Forty Paintings," New York": Alexander Gallery, 1983, no. 2. "Frontier Spirit: Catalog of the Collection of the Museum of Western Art," Denver, Co: Museum of Western Art, 1983, no. 6. 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 80040753   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 80040753 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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