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Mountain Landscape Near Canmore (from Sketchbook)

Albert Bierstadt

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image shows a sketch of a mountain landscape. The sketch is drawn on rectangular paper with rounded corners. The paper is positioned horizontally. The mountains are drawn in the center of the paper, with several peaks visible. The mountains are drawn with varying line weights. There are some lines and marks on the bottom left of the paper that may be a signature. The background of the image is light gray. The paper has a darker gray shadow around its edges.

Artwork details

Date:
1890
Medium:
Graphite on wove paper
Culture:
American
Dimensions:
600 × 487 px
Museum record:
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