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Sunset (California scenery, Yosemite)
Louis Prang & Company (American, active 1860–1897)
After: Albert Bierstadt (American (born in Germany), 1830–1902)
After: Albert Bierstadt (American (born in Germany), 1830–1902)
1868
Medium/Technique
Chromolithograph
Dimensions
Unframed: 12 3/8 x 18 1/2 in. (31.5 x 47 cm); Framed: 52 x 67.5 x 7.5 cm (20 1/2 x 26 9/16 x 2 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Maxim Karolik
Accession Number2009.5066
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionChromolithograph reproducing an oil painting, mounted on cardboard and framed in walnut frame with gilt liner.
Two original Prang labels on verso: at left: Prang's / American Chromos / Sunset. / California scenery / after A. Bierstadt...copyright 1868. At right: List of Prang's Chromos / Sept. 1, 1870
Two original Prang labels on verso: at left: Prang's / American Chromos / Sunset. / California scenery / after A. Bierstadt...copyright 1868. At right: List of Prang's Chromos / Sept. 1, 1870
ProvenanceBy 1951, Robert Campbell, Boston (dealer); 1951, sold by Cambell to Maxim Karolik (b. 1893 - d. 1963), Newport, RI; 1964, bequest of Karolik to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 23, 2009)