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Title(s):

Ojo de Agua, Saltillo; Ojo De Agua Saltillo

Creator(s):

Thomas Moran (Artist)

Culture:

American

Date:

March 8, 1883

Period:

Hudson River School

Materials/Techniques:

watercolor over graphite on paper, heightened with white gouache

Paper/Support:

Landscape; single-sided 0.262- 0.270 mm Machine-made, wove, smooth surface, mixed fiber, light blueish crème in color. The media is located on the smooth side; wire side on verso. Same paper as 0246.819, 0246.816, 1346.802, 1346.814, 1346.823, 1346.829

Classification:

Paintings

Object Type:

Watercolor Painting

Accession No:

02.818

Previous Number(s):

0246.818; 11298

Department:

Art

Not On View

Dimensions

Overall:

Height: 10in. (25.4cm)
Width: 14 1/4in. (36.2cm)

About the Creator(s)

From Gilcrease Museum:

Creator:

Thomas Moran

Role(s):

Artist

From Getty's Union List of Artist Names:

Names (all):

Moran, Thomas

Birth Date:

1837

Death Date:

1926

Nationalities:

American (North American)

Roles:

American painter, 1837-1926

Gender:

male

Note:

Born 12 January 1837; died 25 August 1926. In 1844, Moran and his family settled in Maryland. Moran began his career in the 1850s as a wood engraver in Philadelphia. In the mid-1850s, he studied painting in Philadelphia under his brother Edward Moran. Moran and his brother travelled to England in 1862 to study painting. In the 1860s, Moran also visited France and Italy. In 1871, Moran accompanied the Geological Survey of Yellowstone National Park, Colorado. In 1872, Moran established himself in New York City. In 1916, Moran moved to Santa Barbara, California. Comment on works: Landscapes

Marks and Inscriptions

Inscriptions: Notes in the artist's hand; Artist's color notations and reference notes are present in sketch; Inscribed by hand in pencil, "Ojo De Agua Saltillo March 8th 1883" in upper left on recto; Inscribed by hand in pencil, "washing" in center right on recto; Inscribed by hand in pencil, "edge dark green gray" in center right on recto; Inscribed by hand in pencil, "clothes" in lower right on recto; Inscribed by hand in pencil, "purple gray weeds" in lower right on recto

Signed: Signed by hand in pencil, "TMoran" in upper left on recto

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Moran, Thomas. Ojo de Agua, Saltillo. 02.818. March 8, 1883. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/02818 (11/03/2014).

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Ojo de Agua, Saltillo / Thomas Moran

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