Landscape; double-sided
0.265- 0.274 mm
Machine-made, wove, smooth surface, dark cream in color. The recto is on the smooth side of the support; wire side on verso. Same paper as 1346.830, 1346.825, 1346.778, 1346.1033, 1346.808-809.
"Thomas Moran, landscape painter, etcher, engraver, lithographer. Born February 12, 1837, at Bolton Lancashire (England) accompanied his family to Maryland in 1844, and studied painting with his brother Edward in Philadelphia during the mid-1850. In 1862 the two Moran’s' went to England for further study and came under the influence of Turner. Thomas visited Europe again in the same decade and several times in the later years. His fame rests largely on his large paintings of scenes in the Far West, including Yellowstone Park, Yosemite, and the Grand Canyon of the Colorado. His home was in Philadelphia until 1872 when he moved to Newark (N.J.) and shortly after to NYC. In 1916 he moved to Santa Barbara (Cal.) where he died on August 26, 1926."
Pencil sketch of a landscape and building on verso
Notes in the artist's hand; Artist's color notations and reference notes are present in sketch; Inscribed by hand in pencil, "The Gate of Chirimolla Feb 28th 1883" in upper left on recto; Inscribed by hand in pencil, "San Louis Valley" in center left on recto; Inscribed by hand in pencil, "Lava Rock" in lower right on recto; Inscribed by hand in pencil, "Road" in lower center on recto; Inscribed by hand in pencil, "tapetate with lava bank" in lower right on recto; Inscribed by hand in black ink, "65." in upper left on verso
Signed by hand in pencil, "TMoran" in upper left on recto
Moran, Thomas. The Gate of Chirimolla. 13.821. February 28, 1883. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://dci-collections.gilcrease.org/object/13821 (11/13/2014).
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