Upper Twin Lake, Wasatch Mountains; Upper Twin Lake Wasatch Mts
Creator(s):
Thomas Moran (Formerly attributed to)
Culture:
American
Date:
September 15, 1881
Period:
Hudson River School
Materials/Techniques:
graphite on paper
Paper/Support:
Landscape; single-sided
0.203- 0.209 mm
Machine-made, wove, wire textured surface, cream in color. Very short fibers dispersed within wire mesh, visible in transmitted light. The media is location of the wire side of support; felt 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, "Upper Twin Lake Wasatch Mts Sep 15th 1881" in upper left on recto; Inscribed by hand in black ink, "No. 152" in upper left on verso
Signed by hand in pencil, "T.M." in top center on recto
