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Sunshine and Shadow
Sunshine and Shadow

Sunshine and Shadow

Artist (American, 1830 - 1902)
Date1855
MediumOil on paper mounted on canvas
DimensionsFramed: H 29 1/2 x W 23 7/8 in. (H 74.9 x W 60.6 cm)
Image: H 19 1/8 x W 13 1/8 in. (H 48.6 x W 33.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. J. Ackerman Coles, 1920
Object number20.1209
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Object NamePainting
Title Details
Published Title Sunshine and Shadow
Inscriptionsrecto: l.l. black paint "ABierstadt"; l.r. "Cassel July 1855"Marks and Labels/Stampslabels on file: "Albert Beirstadt [sic] / Sunshine and Shadow: Study, 1855 / Oil on paper mounted on canvas / Lent by The Newark Museum, / Gift of Dr. J. Ackerman Coles, 1920"; "THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM / 200 EASTERN PARKWAY, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, 11238 / TL1991.1.2 / Albert Bierstadt / Sunlight and Shadow: Study, 1855 / Oil and paper mounted on canvas / 181/2 x 13 inches / The Newark Museum, New Jersey / ALBERT BIERSTADT / The Brooklyn Museum: 2/8 - 5/6/91 / Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco: 6/8 - 9/1/91 / National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.: 11/3/91 - 2/17/92"; label on file: "National Gallery of Art / Washington, D.C. / Exhibition: / ALBERT BIERSTADT: / Art & Enterprise / Rec. #2 Cat. #:/ Date: 11/3/91 - 2/17/92 / Artist: Albert Bierstadt / Title: Sunlight and Shadow: Study / Lender: The Newark Museum"; back of stretcher: u.c. label "CARY & / KENNY / SPECIALIST IN / PICTURE FRAMING / 79 HALSEY ST. / NEWARK, N.J."Exhibition History"Rave Reviews: One Hundred Years of Great American Art", National Academy, New York, New York (September 20, 2000 - January 7, 2001); Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Olkahoma (February 1 - April 15, 2001); Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana (May 1 - July 15, 2001)
"Century of Revivals: Nineteenth-Century American Furniture in The Newark Museum," Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey (September 1982 - July 1983)

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