Live Auction 2238819th Century American & Western Art
ALBERT BIERSTADT (1830-1902)
Lot 231 PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MORTON AND NORMA LEE FUNGER

ALBERT BIERSTADT (1830-1902)

Italian Valley

Closed18 January 2024

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ALBERT BIERSTADT (1830-1902)
Italian Valley
signed with conjoined initials and dated 'ABierstadt./1860' (lower right)
oil on canvas
22 x 36 in. (55.9 x 91.4 cm.)
Painted in 1860.

Vose Galleries, Boston, Massachusetts, by 1948.
Private collection, by 1966.
Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York.
Acquired by the late owners from the above, circa 1970.

Specialist note

In 1856, after studying in Düsseldorf, Germany, Albert Bierstadt traveled to Switzerland and Italy, where he would work until the summer of 1857. During this time, Bierstadt carefully observed the variable Italian landscape, with particular interest in the vistas of Naples. The present work, likely made using sketches from his time in Europe, demonstrates one of Bierstadt’s rare revisitations of Italian imagery following his return to America.