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Western Landscape
Western Landscape

Western Landscape

Artist (American, 1830 - 1902)
Date1869
Geographic OriginUnited States of America
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsImage: H 36 x W 54 in. (H 91.4 x W 137.2 cm)
Framed: H 44 x W 62 in. (H 111.8 x W 157.5 cm)
Credit LinePurchase 1961 The Members' Fund
Object number61.516
On View
On view
Object NamePainting
Title Details
Primary Title Western Landscape
Remarks This painting was known for many years as "Mount Whitney." However, Gordon Hendricks has shown that title is incorrect because Bierstadt could not have seen Mt. Whitney until 1871. He also pointed out that the topography does not resemble that of Mt Whitney. Crystal Lake in southwest Mono County, near Yosemite, is a strong possibility since Bierstadt visited the Yosemite region in 1864. It is also possible that he paionted this painting in Europe before 1869 as a pastiche of separate elements he saw in the Yosemite region in 1864. [1981 Newark Museum Catalogue]
Published Title Mount Whitney
Remarks Old title, incorrect; see "Western Landscape" Title Note.
Inscriptionsrecto: l.r. red [aint "ABierstadt / 1869"Marks and Labels/Stampson file from old backing: printed and typed paper label "THE NEWARK MUSEUM / DMFA / EXHIBTION THE ROMANTIC VISION IN AMERICA / ARTIST Albert Bierstadt / TITLE [underlined] Mount Whitney / DATE RECEIPT No. 416 BOX 1 / dallas museum of fine arts - fair park - dallas, texas"; typed paper alebl "Albert Bierstadt 1830-1902 / MOUNT WHITNEY / [crossed out] Lent by M. Knoedler & Co."; printed paper label "NO> 59837 / PICTURE"; printed paper label "NO. 69868 / PICTURE"; printed and handwritten paper label "Loaned to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts / by C. H. Clark / Register 1881 No. 604";ProvenanceClarence H. Clark (member of the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts from 1871-1905], Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; to Anne F. Williams (Clark's granddaughter) with Knoedler and Company, New York, New YorkExhibition History"The Waters of America: 19th Century American Painitngs of Rivers, Streams, Lakes and Waterfalls," New Orleans Museum of Art, Louisianna (May 1 - November 18, 1984)
"Century of Revivals: Nineteenth-Century American Furniture in The Newark Museum," Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey (September 1982 - July 1983)
"Aspects of a Collection: 18th - 19th Century American Paintings from the Newark Museum," benefit exhibition for The Newark Museum, Knoedler Galleries, Nw York, New York (March 1977).
"What is American in American Art?" Knoedler Gallery [benefit for the Museum of American Folk Art], New York, New York (1971).
"The Romantic Vision in America," Dallas Museum of Fine Arts (August 1971).
Santa Barbara Museum, California (July 1964).

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