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Art Item Information

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Title(s):

Index Peak; No Title [study of Index Peak, Wyoming]

Creator(s):

Thomas Moran (Artist)

Culture:

American

Date:

late 19th century - early 20th century

Period:

Hudson River School

Materials/Techniques:

watercolor over graphite on paper, heightened with white gouache

Paper/Support:

Landscape; single-sided 0.176- 0.180 mm Machine-made, wove, mechanical pulp paper, warm caramel in color. Pulp was ground to various sizes, leaving larger pieces visible at the paper's surface; textured surface, craft quality. Same paper as 0236.850.

Classification:

Paintings

Object Type:

Watercolor Painting

Accession No:

02.849

Previous Number(s):

0236.849; 12293

Department:

Art

Not On View

Dimensions

Overall:

Height: 5 1/8in. (13.0cm)
Width: 11 1/4in. (28.6cm)

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: Inscribed by hand in pencil, "#837" in lower right on verso

Tags and Search Terms

Tags:

blue, brown, buttes, desert, Items included in the Henry Luce Foundation 2020-2022 project, Landscape, male artist, mountains, orange, purple, red, Thomas and Mary Nimmo Moran artworks included in the Henry Luce Foundation 2020-2022 project, white (color), yellow

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Moran, Thomas. Index Peak. 02.849. late 19th century - early 20th century. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/02849 (08/15/2017).

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Index Peak / Thomas Moran

You may be interested in...

Print A: Tower Falls

Bushkill Falls

Print D: Looking Over the Sand Dunes - East Hampton

Art Item Information

Dimensions

About the Creator(s)

Marks and Inscriptions

Tags and Search Terms

Cite this Page