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Trees on a Cliffside (from Sketchbook)

Albert Bierstadt

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image shows a sketchbook page with a pencil drawing. The sketchbook page is square with rounded corners and has a slight shadow along the bottom and right edges. The paper is white with a pencil drawing of a landscape. The drawing depicts trees on a cliffside. The cliffside is drawn on the right side of the page, with trees on top of it. The cliffside descends from right to left. The drawing is very faint. There are small holes along the top edge of the paper. The background behind the sketchbook page is white.

Artwork Details

Date
1890
Medium
Graphite on wove paper
Culture
American
Dimensions
511 × 625 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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