Quirio, Mexico (recto); Quirio Mex. (recto); San José beyond Maravatio (verso); San José, beyond Maravatio (verso)
Creator(s):
Thomas Moran (Formerly attributed to)
Culture:
American
Date:
February 13 and February 17, 1883
Period:
Hudson River School
Materials/Techniques:
graphite on paper
Paper/Support:
Landscape; double-sided
0.089- 0.092 mm
Machine- made, wove, smooth surface, very thin, and dirty beige in color. Composed of mechanical pulp, and possibly a nicer form of newsprint. Edge torn from a bound sketchbook. The media is located on the wire side of the support; felt side on the verso. Same paper as 1346.795, 1346.805, 1346.817.
"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, "Quirio Mex. Feb 17th 1883." in upper left on recto; Inscribed by hand in black ink, "3 [end of text obscured]" in upper left on verso; Inscribed by hand in pencil, "San Jose beyond [text obscured] Feb 13th" in upper right on verso; Inscribed by hand in pencil, "River" in lower left on verso
Signed by hand in pencil, "T.M." in upper left on recto; Signed by hand in pencil, "T.Moran" in upper right on verso
