The Last of the Buffalo
Albert Bierstadt, 1888
The hunt, painted after the hunt was already over. The herds were gone. So the last picture was made too big to ignore. The dust is a funeral.
About this work
The Last of the Buffalo, painted in 1888, was Albert Bierstadt's last large canvas. It shows Native Americans on horseback hunting buffalo on a vast plain, with snow-covered peaks in the distance, and combines elements Bierstadt had sketched on his expeditions to the West. By then the great herds had been hunted almost to extinction, and the picture is often read as a melancholy reflection on the westward expansion of the United States. In 1998 the United States Postal Service included it in a set of 20 commemorative stamps, "Four Centuries of American Art". The painting was given to the Corcoran Gallery of Art by Bierstadt's widow, Mary Stewart Bierstadt, and is now in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., as part of the Corcoran Collection.
Sources: Wikipedia · National Gallery of Art
Print facts
- Native resolution
- 10,602 × 6,252 px
- Sharp at 150 ppi up to
- 70 × 41 in
- Sizes
- Small (20 × 12 in) · $100 · 521 ppi
Medium (24 × 14 in) · $150 · 442 ppi
Large (36 × 21 in) · $300 · 295 ppi - Price includes
- Frame and US shipping · 14–21 days · 30-day returns
FAQ
Where can I buy a framed print of The Last of the Buffalo?
Here. The Last of the Buffalo is available as a framed print in three sizes: Small (20 × 12 in) for $100, Medium (24 × 14 in) for $150 and Large (36 × 21 in) for $300. Prices include the frame and US shipping; delivery takes 14–21 days, with 30-day returns.
What size works best for The Last of the Buffalo?
The file is 10,602 × 6,252 px, so every size is sharp: even Large (36 × 21 in) prints at 295 ppi. Choose Large (36 × 21 in) for a large wall; Small (20 × 12 in) suits a narrower space.
Is it legal to print The Last of the Buffalo?
Yes. The Last of the Buffalo is in the public domain: its copyright, if it ever had one, expired long ago. In the United States a faithful photograph of a public-domain painting does not create a new copyright (Bridgeman v. Corel, 1999), so the image can be printed and sold freely.
