Sun sets on bierstadt's 'Mountain View' Sun sets on Nelson's 'Mountain View': The painting had been on loan since 1969, but the owner asked for it back and sold it.

From: Kansas City Star (Kansas City, MO) | Date: May 13, 2007 | Copyright information

Byline: Steve Paul

May 13--File this in the nothing-lasts-forever drawer:

A major 19th-century painting, long displayed at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, has been removed from the American collection, returned to an anonymous donor and sold to a private collector.

Albert Bierstadt's "Mountain View, Sunset" had been part of the museum's American paintings exhibit since 1969, when it was received as a long-term loan from an unidentified family.

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