The Idiotic Leap, Rawley; The idiotic leap. Rawley
Creator(s):
Thomas Moran (Formerly attributed to)
Culture:
American
Date:
August 9, 1881
Period:
Hudson River School
Materials/Techniques:
graphite on paper
Paper/Support:
Landscape; single-sided
0.199- 0.201 mm
Machine-made, wove, smooth surface. dark cream in color (discolored from the original light cream color). The media is located on the smooth side of the support; wire side on verso.
"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."
Notes in the artist's hand; Inscribed by hand in pencil, "The idiotic leap. Rawley Aug 9th 1881 Looking east" in upper left on recto; Inscribed by hand in pencil, "Com 1/2 page No 14 [strikethrough]" in upper left on recto
Signed by hand in pencil, "TM" in upper left on recto
