Niagara Falls, American Side

Provenance

Kennedy Galleries, New York, New York

Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Louis Sarris, Dallas, Texas

Private collection, Dallas, Texas, by descent from above, 2022

Sale, Heritage, Dallas, Texas, November 4, 2022, lot 67051, from above

Private collection, acquired from above

Sale, Coeur d’Alene, Hayden, Idaho, July 27, 2024, lot 32

Related Works

Niagara, 1869, oil on paper laid down on canvas, 19 x 27 inches; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Niagara Falls, oil on canvas, 38 x 30¾ inches, signed lower right; Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma

Note: This painting will be included in the Albert Bierstadt catalogue raisonné project by Melissa Webster Speidel.

In a letter from the Albert Bierstadt catalogue raisonné project, Melissa Webster Speidel describes, “Bierstadt was able to masterfully capture pictorially the beauty of the cascading waters whether it was Niagara Falls in all of its majesty or an intimate glimpse as in Niagara Falls. American Side.”