Artist
Albert Bierstadt (American, born Germany, 1830–1902)American, born Germany, 1830–1902
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Indians Spear Fishing
Date1862
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsCanvas: 19 1/4 × 29 1/4 in. (48.9 × 74.3 cm)
Frame: 29 1/8 × 39 × 3 in. (74 × 99.1 × 7.6 cm)
Frame: 29 1/8 × 39 × 3 in. (74 × 99.1 × 7.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the family of Joseph S. Cullinan, and Mr. and Mrs. David R. Wintermann, by exchange, and by the Brown Foundation Accessions Endowment Fund, with additional funding from Mr. and Mrs. Harry C. Wiess; Mrs. E. L. Perry; Mr. and Mrs. John H. Blaffer in memory of his father, Robert Lee Blaffer; Edith A. and Percy S. Straus; Grand Central Art Galleries; Miss Ima Hogg; General and Mrs. Maurice Hirsch; the Allied Arts Association; Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Bybee; Nan Greacen Faure; Helen M. Turner; Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Levine; the Axson Club, Houston; William Best; Sarah Campbell Blaffer; Mrs. Willimina Borland; Mrs. Evan W. Burris; the Houston Art League through the bequest of George M. Dickson; Miss Katherine S. Dreier; George Wharton Edwards; Parker Edwards; Mrs. William Stamps Farish; the Houston Friends of Art; Angela MacDonnell; Mrs. Justine Franklin McGuire; the Smithsonian Institution; Harmand Teplow; the University Club of Houston; Robert C. Vose, in memory of Seth M. Vose; Nelson Waggener; Emile Walters; and Irene Weir, all by exchange
Object number2008.226
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
108 Hevrdejs Gallery
Exposé
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Department
American ArtObject Type
ProvenancePrivate collection, New York, N.Y., c. 1873; by descent to private collection, New York, N.Y.; Christie's Sale 2003, May 21, 2008, Lot 94, New York, N.Y.
Exhibition History"American Made: 250 Years of American Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, July 7, 2012–January 2, 2013.
"Once Upon a Time in America," Wallraf-Richartz Museum and Foundation Corboud, Cologne, Germany, November 23, 2018–March 24, 2019.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed (with conjoined initials) and dated recto lower right: "ABierstadt / 62"
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Frederic Remington
c. 1901
Oil on canvas (black and white)
43.40