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Bierstadt, Albert,
Waterscape -- Lake
Ethnic -- Indian
Travel -- Water
Architecture -- Boat
Painting
Indian Canoe, (painting).
Artist:
Bierstadt, Albert, 1830-1902, painter.
Title:
Indian Canoe, (painting).
Other Titles:
Filled with the Face of Heaven, (painting).
Dates:
ca. 1886.
Medium:
Oil on canvas.
Dimensions:
21 5/8 x 30 in. (54.9 x 76.2 cm.).
Inscription:
(Lower right:) ABierstadt (letters A and B in ligature) signed
Description:
Lone Indian paddling a canoe towards the shore of a lake, silhouetted against brilliant sunset in background. At right, trees and bluffs suggesting the shore of Lake Superior.
Subject:
Waterscape -- Lake -- Lake Superior
Ethnic -- Indian
Travel -- Water -- Boat
Architecture -- Boat -- Canoe
Object Type:
Painting
Owner:
University of Texas at Austin, Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, 1 University Station D1303, Austin, Texas 78712
Provenance:
Gift of Smith, C. R., New York, New York 1976.
Remarks:
The painting, originally titled "Indian Canoe", is popularly known as "Filled with the Face of Heaven" (the latter was probably coined by former owner C. R. Smith). IAP files contain additional bibliographic and exhibition citations.
References:
Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, 1991.
Saunders, Richard H., "Collecting the West: The C. R. Smith Collection of Western American Art," Austin: University of Texas Press, 1988, pg. 62.
Illustration:
Saunders, Richard H., "Collecting the West: The C. R. Smith Collection of Western American Art," Austin: University of Texas Press, 1988, pg. 63.
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 50080026
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