Wind River Country

Wind River Country

1860
Artist
Albert Bierstadt, American, 1830-1902
Born: Solingen, Germany
Country
United States
Object
painting
Medium
Oil paint on canvas
Accession Number
1987.47
Credit Line
The Charles H. Bayly Collection

Albert Bierstadt, Wind River Country, 1860. Oil on canvas; 29 5/8 x 43 3/4 in. The Charles H. Bayly Collection at the Denver Art Museum, 1987.47

Dimensions
frame height: 45 in, 114.3000 cm; frame width: 57 3/8 in, 145.7325 cm; frame depth: 6 in, 15.2400 cm; height: 29 5/8 in, 75.2475 cm; width: 41 3/4 in, 106.045 cm
Department
Petrie Institute of Western American Art
Collection
Petrie Institute of Western American Art
This object is currently on view
Known Provenance
Artist; Gardner Brewer, Boston, MA, 1860 or later. Britt Brown, Wichita, KA, 1974; (Kennedy Galleries), New York, NY, 1981; (Coe-Kerr Gallery) New York, NY; By exchange with the Denver Art Museum, 1987.
Exhibition History
  • "The Western Spirit: Exploring New Territory in American Art"—Denver Art Museum, Feb. 26–April 30, 1989
  • "The American West: Out of Myth into Reality"—Mississippi Museum of Art, 2/19/2000 - 6/6/2000
  • Terra Museum of American Art, 6/4/2000 - 9/14/2000
  • Toledo Museum of Art, 10/8/2000 - 12/31/2000
  • Reciprocal loan for exhibition "The Western: An Epic in Art and Film"—National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, 4/1/2017 - 2/1/2018