File:Drawing, Two Cliffs in Grand Canyon, Arizona, possibly 1908 (CH 18189975).jpg

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Thomas Moran: English: Drawing, Two Cliffs in Grand Canyon, Arizona, possibly 1908   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
Thomas Moran  (1837–1926)  wikidata:Q983441
 
Thomas Moran
Alternative names
thos. moran; Thomas Yellostone Moran; Moran
Description American explorer, painter, lithographer and etcher
Date of birth/death 12 February 1837 Edit this at Wikidata 25 August 1926 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Bolton Santa Barbara
Work location
United States of America Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q983441
Title
English: Drawing, Two Cliffs in Grand Canyon, Arizona, possibly 1908
Description
English: Horizontal oblique view of two cliffs in Grand Canyon, diagrammatic sketch.
Date possibly 1908
Medium pen and brown ink on white wove paper, laid down at corners
Dimensions 15.2 x 24.1 cm (6 x 9 1/2 in.)
institution QS:P195,Q1129820
Current location
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design
Accession number
1917-17-87
Credit line Gift of Thomas Moran
Notes
  • Type: Drawing
  • Inscribed: Recto: Inscribed in pen and brown ink, upper right: Grand Canyon/ July 12th/ 1908/ Arizona (later addition) T. M. More at left. After rain, the colors are intensified/ the Rocks become, in the lower strata white against the darkened plateaux - color/ the effect on the eye of the red strata is as if all were glazed with Rose Madder/ the shadows are an intense plum purple or Blue.

Verso of mount: Inscribed in pen and ink, upper left: 36 / El Tovar Grand Canyon, Arizona/ Fred Harvey.

  • Country: United States
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