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Sketches of Three Trees (from Sketchbook)

Albert Bierstadt

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A grayscale image of a small, rectangular sketchbook with rounded corners. The cover is light grey with darker grey shading on the left and right sides. Two simple sketches of trees are drawn on the cover, one on the left and one on the right. The tree on the left has a long, thin trunk and sparse branches. The tree on the right is taller with a thicker trunk and more branches. The background behind the sketchbook is plain white. The title of the work is "Sketches of Three Trees (from Sketchbook)" and the artist is Albert Bierstadt.

Artwork Details

Date
1890
Medium
Graphite on wove paper
Culture
American
Dimensions
599 × 482 px
Public Domain
Yes
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