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Sketches of Canoes and a Figure Carrying a Barrel (from Sketchbook)

Albert Bierstadt

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The sketch depicts a rectangle with a slightly rounded edge. A faint pencil drawing on the left side shows a canoe on top and a person standing on the bottom. The canoe appears to be upside down with the bottom of the canoe on the left and the bow on the right. The standing figure on the bottom holds a barrel. The background of the drawing is mostly blank except for a small smudge to the right.

Artwork details

Date:
1890
Medium:
Graphite on wove paper
Culture:
American
Dimensions:
511 × 625 px
Museum record:
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