Crescentville / Thomas Moran

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Thomas Moran

Art Item Information

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Title(s):

Crescentville

Creator(s):

Thomas Moran (Artist)

Culture:

American

Date:

1857

Period:

Hudson River School

Materials/Techniques:

graphite on paper

Paper/Support:

Landscape; double-sided 0.157 mm Machine made, wove paper, cream in color. Fibers are oriented along the longer edge of the support. Transmitted light reveals even distribution of fibers. The main image is executed on the wire side, with a line drawing on the verso. The left and top edges are rough, and the top edge seems to have been where the object was torn from a bound volume.

Classification:

Drawings

Object Type:

Graphite Drawing

Accession No:

13.770

Previous Number(s):

1326.770; 13488

Department:

Art

Not On View

Dimensions

Overall:

Height: 7 53/64in. (19.9cm)
Width: 12 31/64in. (31.7cm)

Image:

Height: 7 53/64in. (19.9cm)
Width: 12 31/64in. (31.7cm)

Mat:

Height: 13 25/32in. (35.0cm)
Width: 17 23/32in. (45.0cm)

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

Marks: Pencil sketch of a landscape on verso

Inscriptions: Notes in the artist's hand; Inscribed by hand in Conté, "Crescentville 1857" in upper right on recto

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blue, bridge (built work), Crescentville, fishing, grasses, gray (color), Items included in the Henry Luce Foundation 2020-2022 project, landscapes (representations), male artist, people, river, rocks, Thomas and Mary Nimmo Moran artworks included in the Henry Luce Foundation 2020-2022 project, trees

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Moran, Thomas. Crescentville. 13.770. 1857. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/13770 (07/27/2017).

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Crescentville / Thomas Moran

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Study of a log

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Art Item Information

Dimensions

About the Creator(s)

Marks and Inscriptions

Tags and Search Terms

Cite this Page