Falls of Yosemite

Artist Albert Bierstadt (American, born Prussia, 1830 - 1902)

Dateca. 1880s

MediumOil on paper; mounted on canvas

DimensionsUnframed: 31 1/8 x 22 1/8 inches (79.06 x 56.2 cm)
Framed: 34 1/8 x 25 1/8 inches (86.6775 x 63.8175 cm)

Credit LineGift from the collection of Julia and Humbert Tinsman

Object numberF99-24/3

SignedSigned lower left: ABierstadt

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Not on view

Collections

American Art

Terms

DescriptionThis landscape features tall cliffs in the background from which a waterfall springs forth. The crash of water on the rocks below fills the middle of the picture. A small group of barren trees populates the left hand side of the image, while the lower right side reveals the stream into which the waterfall feeds.Published References

Published References

Donald Hoffmann, “The ‘Truth’ in American Art,” Kansas City
Star, 24 February 1974, 4E; “Museum Receives 19th- and 20thCentury American Works,” Calendar of Events (Nelson-Atkins
Museum of Art), May 2000, 1.

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