The Grizzly Giant Sequoia, Mariposa Grove, California by Albert Bierstadt, 1872 edmonton Why this artwork matters: Created

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The Grizzly Giant Sequoia, Mariposa Grove, California by Albert Bierstadt, 1872 edmonton Why this artwork matters: CreatedThe Grizzly Giant Sequoia, Mariposa Grove, California by Albert Bierstadt is a radiant homage to one of the Wests most storied living monuments. Painted around 18721873 in oil on paper mounted to board, Bierstadt focuses intently on the colossal trunk and crenellated bark of the famed Grizzly Giant, distilling the American Romantic ideal of the sublime into a single, heroic subject. Set within the hush of a Sierra grove, the work channels the eras awe