The Wolf River, Kansas
- Date
- c. 1859
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
-
48 1/4 x 38 1/4 in. (122.6 x 97.2 cm)
Framed: 61 5/16 x 51 1/2 x 5 1/8 in.
- Department
- American Art before 1950
- Classification
- Paintings
- Credit
- Founders Society Purchase, Dexter M. Ferry, Jr. Fund
- Accession No.
- 61.28
- Provenance
- Vose Galleries, Boston.
Kennedy Galleries, New York.
DIA in 1961.
- Keywords
-
canvas, oil, paint, landscape
Published References
PUBLICATIONS:
THE KENNEDY QUARTERLY 1 (April 1960), no 2, pp. 30-31, fig. 33 (b & w repro.).
DIA BULLETIN, vol 40, no 3 and 4, 1960-1961, pp 52-53, (ill).
Hendricks, Gordon, "The First Three Western Journeys of Albert Beirstadt," THE ART BULLETIN, vol 46, no 3, Sept 1964, p 333-365, Fig. 7.
Lindquist-Cock, Elizabeth, "Stereoscopic Photography and the Western Painting of Albert Bierstadt," ART QUARTERLY, 33, no. 4 (1970): 360-378, (ill).
Hendricks, G., A BIERSTADT, Fort Worth, Amon Carter Museum, 1972, p 13, no 17 (ill). Catalogue of traveling exhibition, no. 17, repr. p. 13).
Hendricks, G., ALBERT BIERSTADT: PAINTER OF THE AMERICAN WEST, New York: Harry Abrams, 1973, no CL-135, fig 63: p. 82.
Rivard, N. J., "American Paintings at the Detroit Institute of Arts," ANTIQUES, vol 114 (Nov 1978): 1044-1055, pl 6.
"FAMILY ART GAME", DIA Advertising Supplement, DETROIT FREE PRESS, May 20, 1979, p 14 (ill).
"FAMILY ART GAME", DIA Advertising Supplement, DETROIT NEWS, April 29, 1984, p 5 (ill).
Nottage, James H., PRAIRIE VISIONS: ART OF THE AMERICAN WEST, Kansas Museum of History, Topeka, Nov 17, 1984- May 12, 1985, p 10.
Stein, R.B., "Packaging The Great Plains: The Role of the Visual Arts", GREAT PLAINS QUARTERLY, vol 5, no 1, 1985, p 5-23, p 14, fig 3.
Ferber, Linda and Nancy Anderson, ALBERT BIERSTADT: ART AND ENTERPRISE, New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1990, p. 153, catalogue number 16, (ill).
EXHIBITIONS:
University of Kansas Museum of Art, Lawrence, KANSIENSIANA, June 4, 1961-August 7, 1961, no. 17.
Detroit Institute of Art, THE INSTITUTE COLLECTS, December 8, 1964-January 3, 1965.
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, ALBERT BIERSTADT RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION, August 4-September 13, 1964.
Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, ALBERT BEIRSTADT TRAVELING EXHIBITION, January 27, 1972-January 3, 1973. Exhibited at the Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, Fort Worth, January 27-March 19, 1972; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., April 2-May 14, 1972; the Whaling Museum, New Bedford, MA, May 28-July 5, 1972; The Whitney Museumof American Art, New York, September 11-November 5, 1972; and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, November 15, 1972-January 3, 1973. Catalogue number 17, reproduced on p. 13.
Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, MASTERS OF WESTERN ART EXHIBITION, November 16, 1984-February 1, 1985.
SITES (Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Services), NEW HORIZONS: AMERICAN PAINTING 1840-1910, November 16, 1987-July 10, 1988. Exhibited at State Tretyakov Museum, Moscow, November 16, 1987-January 6, 1988; State Russian Museum, Leningrad, January 22-March 13, 1988; State Art Museum of Belorussia, Minsk, March 30-May 13, 1988, and the State Museum of Russian Art, Kiev, June 2-July 10, 1988.
The Brooklyn Museum, ALBERT BIERSTADT: ART AND ENTERPRISE, February 8, 1991-February 17, 1992. Exhibited at the The Brooklyn Museum, February 8-May 6, 1991; Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, June 8-September 2, 1991; National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., November 3, 1991-February 17, 1992. Catalogue number 16, p. 153, (ill).
