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Mission (Warnock?): Landscape with Mountains and Foreground Trees (from Sketchbook)

Albert Bierstadt

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Pencil sketch on paper of trees, some very tall and thin. The sketch is in a sketchbook with some handwriting in the top-left corner. The trees are drawn in the foreground. In the background, there are some indications of mountains. The sketchbook page is off-white and the sketching is done in light gray pencil. The sketchbook has a black cover and is open to a page with a rough sketch. The background behind the sketchbook page is white.

Artwork Details

Date
1890
Medium
Graphite on wove paper
Culture
American
Dimensions
599 × 490 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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