Green River Cliffs Wyoming / Thomas Moran

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Art Item Information

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Title(s):

Green River Cliffs Wyoming

Creator(s):

Thomas Moran (Artist)

Culture:

American

Date:

1909

Period:

Hudson River School

Materials/Techniques:

graphite on paper

Paper/Support:

Landscape; single-sided 0.138- 0.142 mm Machine-made, wove, smooth surface, dark cream in color. Originally a slip from the Kingslsey Hotel. Text is printed in grey ink on the PL side of the verso (originally the top of the slip) “Kingsley Hotel, Hart Street, Bloomsbury Square, London, Telegrams, Bookcraft, London. Telephone 4253 Gerrard). A partial water mark is visible “.. ackeray Hotels.. ndon“ with an image of a rose between the two lines of text

Classification:

Drawings

Object Type:

Graphite Drawing

Accession No:

13.868

Previous Number(s):

1337.868; 32248

Department:

Art

Not On View

Dimensions

Overall:

Height: 4 59/64in. (12.5cm)
Width: 8 1/32in. (20.4cm)

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; Inscribed by hand in pencil, "Green River Cliffs Wyoming about 1909" in lower left on recto; Inscribed by hand in ink, "No. 318." in upper left on verso; Inscribed in print in ink, "TELEGRAMS. BOOKCRAFT, LONDON. TELEPHONE. 4253 GERRARD. KINGSLEY HOTEL, HART STREET, BLOOMSBURY SQUARE, LONDON." in center right on verso

Signed: Signed by hand in pencil, "T.Moran." in lower left on recto

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Moran, Thomas. Green River Cliffs Wyoming. 13.868. 1909. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/13868 (11/12/2014).

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