id:			150968
accession number:	1982.37
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1982.37
updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:49.884000

Fir Trees and Storm Clouds, c. 1870. Albert Bierstadt (American, 1830–1902). Oil on paper mounted on canvas; unframed: 35 x 47 cm (13 3/4 x 18 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1982.37

title:				Fir Trees and Storm Clouds
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creation date:			c. 1870
creation date earliest:		1865
creation date latest:		1875
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creditline:			Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
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culture:	America, 19th century
technique:	oil on paper mounted on canvas
department:	American Painting and Sculpture
collection:	American - Painting
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Albert Bierstadt (American, 1830–1902)  - artist

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measurements: Unframed: 35 x 47 cm (13 3/4 x 18 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Year in Review for 1982
	opening date:   1983-01-05T05:00:00
	<i>The Year in Review for 1982</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 5-February 6, 1983).

	title:		The American Sublime
	opening date:   2002-02-20T00:00:00
	<i>The American Sublime</i>. Tate Britain, London (organizer) (February 20-May 19, 2002); Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Museum of American Art, Philadelphia, PA (June 17-August 25, 2002); Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN (September 22-November 17, 2002).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'New York, Davis &amp; Langdale Company, Inc, Oil Sketches by Albert Bierstadt, 1830-1902 (13 April-8 May 1982), cat. no. 6, illus.', 'opening_date': '1982-04-13T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Brooklyn, NY, The Brooklyn Museum, Feb. 8-May 6, 1991: "Albert Bierstadt:  Art and Enterprise," cat. #31, illus. p. 168.  Also to:  San Francisco, CA, M. H. de Young Museum, June 8-Sept. 2, 1991; Washington, DC, National Gallery of Art, Nov. 3, 1991-Feb. 17, 1992', 'opening_date': '1991-02-08T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'London, Tate Britain, American Sublime: Landscape Painting in the United States 1820-1880 (21 February-19 May 2002); traveled to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (17 June-25 August 2002); to Minneapolis, Minneapolis Institute of Arts (22 September-17 November 2002); cat. no. 62, illus. p. 182.', 'opening_date': '2002-02-21T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	English Collection; (Davis & Langdale, New York,d 1982).
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