Drawings

1851 - 1875

blue

Caves

cliffs

gray (color)

Items included in the Henry Luce Foundation 2020-2022 project

landscapes (representations)

male artist

rocks

Superior, Lake

Thomas and Mary Nimmo Moran artworks included in the Henry Luce Foundation 2020-2022 project

trees

Graphite Drawing

Thomas Moran

Looking from the South Entrance of the Great Cave, Pictured Rocks, Lake Superior

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Landscape; double-sided
0,147-0,158mm
Machine made, wove paper, originally dark cream in color, smooth, mat surface. The main image is located on the felt side of the support; wire side on verso.. Transmitted light reveals an even distribution of fibers and pronounced wire mesh pattern.PR edge of the drawing has been torn out from a bound volume. Same paper as 13.758 and 13.755. The verso of the support contains the PL half of a line sketch that exists on the verso of 13.758.

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blackish purple

brown

burnt sienna

cracks

greenish gray

reddish gray

yellow

yellowish gray

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Side of Entrance to the Great Cave, Pictured Rocks

Portrait; double- sided
0,145-0,155mm
Machine made wove paper; smooth mat surface, cafe au lait brown, tinted in vat, main image on the top side of the paper, second image on the wire side; fiber direction follows the height of the object. In transmitted light relatively even dense structure is visible, suggesting a rather short fibered furnish. The verso of the support contains the PR half of a line sketch that continues on 13.754. Same paper as 13.754 and 13.755.

boat

people

water

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The Great Cave, Pictured Rocks from the East

Landscape; double-sided
0,165-0,171 mm
Machine made wove paper, dark cream in color, smooth, mat surface,. The main image is located on the felt side of the support; a small drawing is located on the wire side/verso. 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 13.756.

black

green (color)

Michigan

purple

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Entrance to the Great Cave, Pictured Rocks

Landscape; double-sided
0,179-0,182mm
Machine made, wove paper, dark cream/grey in color, smooth, mat surface, The main image is located on the felt side of the support; wire side on verso. Fiber are oriented along the longer side of the paper. Transmitted light reveals even distribution of fibers and pronounced wire mesh pattern. Top edge of the drawing has been torn out from a bound volume. Same paper as 13. 766, 13.706, and 13.757.

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