[Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York, 1970];

Purchased by John D. Rockefeller 3rd (1906–1978) and Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller (1909–1992), New York, 1970–1979;

Gift to the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1979.

San Francisco, The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (M. H. de Young Memorial Museum), April 17–July 31, 1976; New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, September 16–November 7, 1976, "American Art: An Exhibition from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd," cat. by E. P. Richardson, cat. no. 44, p. 114, repr. p. 115.

Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, "American Painting 1730–1960: A Selection from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd," July 27–September 19, 1982, cat. text by Margaretta Lovell, cat. no. 32, repr. [1] 

San Francisco, The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (M. H. de Young Memorial Museum), August 3, 1985–January 6, 1986, "Albert Bierstadt: An observer of air, light and the feeling of a place," brochure and checklist by Shelley Mills, no checklist nos. 

The Fine Arts Museums San Francisco, June 8–September 1, 1991,  (M.H. de Young Memorial Museum), "Albert Bierstadt: Art and Enterprise," cat. text by Nancy Anderson and Linda Ferber, not in cat. [2] 

San Francisco, The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (M. H. de Young Memorial Museum), June 25–November 13, 1994, "The Rockefeller Collection of American Art at The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco," cat. by Marc Simpson with the assistance of Patricia Junker, cat. no. 101, pp. 236–238, repr. p. 236 (color).San Francisco, The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (M.H. de Young Memorial Museum), March 28–July 5, 1998, "Art of the Americas: Art and Ethnography." San Francisco, The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (M.H. de Young Memorial Museum), September 26–December 13, 1998, "A Feast for the Eye." Jackson, Mississippi Museum of Art, February 12–June 6, 2000; Chicago, Terra Museum of American Art, June 24–September 17, 2000; Toledo, Ohio, Toledo Museum of Art, October 8–December 31, 2000," The American West: Out of Myth, Into Reality," cat. by Peter H. Hassrick, no cat. nos., p. 41, repr. p. 146, fig. 106 (color). [3]

 

Mobile, Alabama, Gulf Coast Exploreum, July 2, 2002–January 5, 2003; Wilmington, Delaware, Winterthur Museum Garden and Library, October 11, 2003–February 1, 2004; Charleston, West Virginia, Charles M. Avampato Museum, February 28–May 30, 2004; Puebla Mexico, Museo Amparo, September 24, 2004–February 28, 2005. "American Accents: Visual Culture as History" [Spanish titled used in Mexico] "Acentos Americanos: Cultura Visual Como Historia. Obras Maestras de Los Museos de Bellas Artes de San Francisco" Cat. by Daniell Cornell Cat. no. 48, pp. 86–87, 90, 123, repr. p. 85 (color). [4][1] Exhibition organized by The National Museum of Western Art, Japan Society, Inc., and The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.[2]  This exhibition traveled to three venues—The Brooklyn Museum, The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (M.H. de Young Memorial Museum), and the National Gallery of Art—over a period beginning February 8, 1991 and ending February 17, 1992. Study for "The Last of the Buffalo" was only exhibited in San Francisco and did not travel to the other exhibition venues.  [3] Organized by the DC Trust for Museum Exhibitions in Association with the Mississippi Museum of Art. [4] Exhibition organized by, but not shown at, FAMSF. 

Hutson, Martha.  "Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd: Collection of American Art,"  American Art Review 3, no. 4 (July–Aug. 1976): pp. 76–91.Albert Bierstadt: An observer of air, light and the feeling of a place, exhibition pamphlet, (San Francisco: The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1985).  

"Albert Bierstadt: An Observer of Air, Light and the Feeling of a Place,"  Triptych, no. 28 (Feb.–Mar. 1986): repr. 23, fig. 1.Simpson, Marc, with the assistance of Patricia Junker, The Rockefeller Collection of American Art, exh. cat., (San Francisco: The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, in association with Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1994), p. 236, cat. no. 101, repr. color, pp. 237–238Misrach, Richard in Trudy Wilner Stack, Art Museum, exh. cat. (Tuscon, Arizona: Center for Creative Photography,  The University of Arizona, 1995), p. 24, cat. no. 4, repr. Hassrick, Peter H., The American West: Out of Myth, Into Reality, exh. cat., (Washington DC: Trust for Museum Exhibitions, 2000), p. 41, repr. color p. 146. Cornell, Daniell, American Accents: Visual Culture as History, exh. cat., (San Francisco: The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 2002), p. 84, repr. color , p. 85. 86, 87, 90, 123.