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Cowlitz River; Kelso, Washington (from Sketchbook)

Albert Bierstadt

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A grayscale image of a sketchbook page with a pencil drawing. The page is rectangular with rounded corners and a thin black border. The drawing depicts a landscape with a river, trees, and hills. The top half of the page features a rough sketch of a tree line and hills, while the bottom half appears to be a sketch of a riverbank with some foliage. The background of the image is plain white.

Artwork details

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