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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
Museum record:
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