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Seal Rocks, Farallons

Seal Rocks, Farallons

(American (born in Germany), 1830–1902)
1872
Medium/TechniqueOil on paper mounted on paperboard
Dimensions34.92 x 49.53 cm (13 3/4 x 19 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Martha C. Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Paintings, 1815–1865
Accession number47.1254
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ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
InscriptionsLower left: ABierstadt [AB in monogram]; Reverse, before mounting: Seal Farralone Is Pacific 1872
ProvenanceThe artist, until his death in 1902; with Rholfs, Brooklyn; George Good, Brooklyn, around 1913; to Mrs. George Good; with Miss Frances Tarbox, New York, 1945; with John Mitchell, New York, 1946; to Maxim Karolik, Newport, R.I., 1946; to MFA, 1947, gift of Martha C.(Mrs. Maxim) Karolik.