Ships in Moonlight

Details

Albert Bierstadt (1830-1902)
Ships in Moonlight
signed with artist's initials (lower right)--inscribed 'Mrs Leonard with the Compliments of the Author' (on the reverse)
oil on board
3½ x 5¾ in. (8.9 x 14.6 cm.)
Painted circa 1859.

来源

Alexander Gallery, New York.
Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York.
Brock & Co., Carlisle, Massachusetts.
Private collection, Pennsylvania.

Literature

Hollis Taggart Galleries, Dreams and Dramas: Moonlight and Twilight in American Art, exhibition catalogue, New York, 2003, pp. 17, 55, 85, no. 9, illustrated.

Exhibited

New York, Hollis Taggart Galleries, Dreams and Dramas: Moonlight and Twilight in American Art, 2003, no. 9.

Special notice

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拍品专文

Valerie Ann Leeds writes, "Bierstadt, known for his stirring depictions of the American West, painted Ships in the Moonlight early in his career, possibly while he was living in New Bedford, Massachussetts. Depicting ships on a calm sea, illuminated by a golden moon, the work foreshadows in its quiet intensity the epic landscapes for which the artist would later become known and demonstrates the grandeur of vision that is the legacy of the Hudson River School." (Hollis Taggart Galleries, Dreams and Dramas, exhibition catalogue, New York, 2003, p. 17)

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