Series of Prints: Looking Over the Sand Dunes - East Hampton / Thomas Moran

Essay/Description

Multiple etchings from the same plate are stored in the Gilcrease Museum collections.

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Art Item Information

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Title(s):

Series of Prints: Looking Over the Sand Dunes - East Hampton; Looking Over the Sand Dunes - Easthampton; Looking Over the Sandunes - East Hampton

Creator(s):

Thomas Moran (Artist)

Culture:

American

Date:

1880

Period:

Hudson River School

Materials/Techniques:

printing ink on paper

Paper/Support:

cream wove Handmade Sweden (14.402a-h, j); basic stock paper (14.402i)

Classification:

Prints

Object Type:

Etching

Accession No:

14.402a-j

Previous Number(s):

1426.402a-j

Department:

Art

Not On View

Dimensions

Overall (14.402a):

Height: 8 7/16in. (21.4cm)
Width: 17 1/2in. (44.5cm)

Image (14.402a):

Height: 5 3/4in. (14.6cm)
Width: 11 1/2in. (29.2cm)

Overall (14.402b):

Height: 11 11/16in. (29.7cm)
Width: 17 1/8in. (43.5cm)

Image (14.402b):

Height: 5 3/4in. (14.6cm)
Width: 11 1/2in. (29.2cm)

Overall (14.402c):

Height: 11 13/16in. (30.0cm)
Width: 17 5/8in. (44.8cm)

Image (14.402c):

Height: 5 3/4in. (14.6cm)
Width: 11 1/2in. (29.2cm)

Overall (14.402d):

Height: 11 7/8in. (30.2cm)
Width: 17 11/16in. (44.9cm)

Image (14.402d):

Height: 5 3/4in. (14.6cm)
Width: 11 1/2in. (29.2cm)

Overall (14.402e):

Height: 11 15/16in. (30.3cm)
Width: 17 11/16in. (44.9cm)

Image (14.402e):

Height: 5 3/4in. (14.6cm)
Width: 11 1/2in. (29.2cm)

Overall (14.402f):

Height: 11in. (27.9cm)
Width: 17in. (43.2cm)

Image (14.402f):

Height: 5 3/4in. (14.6cm)
Width: 11 1/2in. (29.2cm)

Overall (14.402g):

Height: 11 13/16in. (30.0cm)
Width: 17 1/2in. (44.5cm)

Image (14.402g):

Height: 5 3/4in. (14.6cm)
Width: 11 1/2in. (29.2cm)

Overall (14.402h):

Height: 11 15/16in. (30.3cm)
Width: 17 9/16in. (44.6cm)

Image (14.402h):

Height: 5 3/4in. (14.6cm)
Width: 11 1/2in. (29.2cm)

Overall (14.402i):

Height: 11 1/8in. (28.3cm)
Width: 15 11/16in. (39.8cm)

Image (14.402i):

Height: 5 3/4in. (14.6cm)
Width: 11 1/2in. (29.2cm)

Overall (14.402j):

Height: 11 15/16in. (30.3cm)
Width: 17 11/16in. (44.9cm)

Image (14.402j):

Height: 5 3/4in. (14.6cm)
Width: 11 1/2in. (29.2cm)

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: Artist's printer notes are present; Inscribed by hand in pencil, "wipe distance & sky 25 proofs of this" in lower left on recto (14.402a); Notes in the artist's hand; Inscribed by hand in pencil, "SAND DUNES" in margin in lower left on recto (14.402b); Notes in the artist's hand; Inscribed by hand in pencil, "SAND DUNES" in margin in lower left on recto (14.402c); Notes in the artist's hand; Inscribed by hand in pencil, "SAND DUNES" in margin in lower left on recto (14.402d); Notes in the artist's hand; Inscribed by hand in pencil, "SAND DUNES" in margin in lower left on recto; Inscribed by hand in pencil, "Sand Dunes. East Hampton L.I. $25-" in upper left on verso (14.402g); Notes in the artist's hand; Inscribed by hand in pencil, "SAND DUNES" in margin in lower left on recto (14.402h); Notes in the artist's hand; Inscribed by hand in pencil, "Sand Dunes, Long Island Coast" in lower left on recto; Inscribed by hand in pencil, "17 ¾ x 12 ½" in lower left on verso (14.402i); Notes in the artist's hand; Inscribed by hand in pencil, "SAND DUNES" in lower left on recto; Inscribed by hand in pencil, "Sand Dunes- East Hampton L.I. $50" in upper left on verso (14.402j)

Signed: Signed in plate with colophon, "TM" in lower right on recto (14.402a-j); Signed by hand in pencil, "T.Moran." in lower left on recto (14.402b-j)

Tags and Search Terms

Tags:

beaches, black, boats, buildings, clouds, dunes, East Hampton, fences, grass, grasses, gray, grey, houses, landscapes (representations), male artist, men, New York, people, rain, sand, sand dunes, seascapes, walking, water, waves, tidal

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Moran, Thomas. Series of Prints: Looking Over the Sand Dunes - East Hampton. 14.402a-j. 1880. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/14402a-j (08/15/2017).

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Series of Prints: Looking Over the Sand Dunes - East Hampton / Thomas Moran

Essay/Description

You may be interested in...

Print A: Study of Buttonwood and Apple Trees

Print A: The Bay of Baiae. Naples

8th Sonnet. Storm.

Art Item Information

Dimensions

About the Creator(s)

Marks and Inscriptions

Tags and Search Terms

Cite this Page