Landscape; double-sided
0,155-0,158mm
Machine made wove paper, originally dark cream in color, smooth, mat surface, main image executed on the wire side of the paper; a line drawing is located on the wire side. Fibers are oriented along the longer edge of the paper. Transmitted light reveals an even distribution of fibers and pronounced wire mesh pattern. Bottom edge of the drawing has been torn out from a bound volume. Same paper as 13.758 and 13.754.
"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."
Embossed with colophon, "EB" in upper left on recto; Pencil sketch of a landscape in lower right on recto; Pencil sketch of trees on verso
Notes in the artist's hand; Inscribed by hand in pencil, "in the forest at Munising. L.S. Aug. 1860" in lower left on recto; Inscribed by hand in ink, "No. 41" in upper left on verso
Signed by hand in pencil, "T. Moran" in lower center on recto
Moran, Thomas. In the Forest at Munising, Lake Superior. 13.755. August 1860. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://dci-collections.gilcrease.org/object/13755 (12/04/2014).
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