Print G: Venice after Bunner / Thomas Moran

Curatorial Remarks

Etching and roulette, ⁬with selective wiping, fourth and final state. There are more lines in the sails and boats, and the addition of a bird in the foreground. Sandra Pauly, Henry Luce Foundation Curatorial Scholar for Moran Collection Research 3.15.22

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Title(s):

Print G: Venice after Bunner

Creator(s):

Thomas Moran (Artist)

Andrew Fisher Bunner (After)

Culture:

American

Date:

1887

Period:

Hudson River School

Materials/Techniques:

brown printing ink on paper

Paper/Support:

Landscape; single-sided 0.217- 0.233 Cream, Japan paper. Smooth, slightly mottled surface with clumped fibers in transmitted light.

Classification:

Prints

Object Type:

Etching

Accession No:

14.443g

Previous Number(s):

1426.443G; 24441

Department:

Art

Not On View

Dimensions

Overall:

Height: 25 11/16in. (65.2cm)
Width: 37 9/16in. (95.4cm)

Image:

Height: 19 1/2in. (49.5cm)
Width: 29 1/8in. (74.0cm)

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

From Gilcrease Museum:

Creator:

Andrew Fisher Bunner

Role(s):

After

From Getty's Union List of Artist Names:

Names (all):

Bunner, Andrew Fisher

Birth Date:

1841

Death Date:

1897

Nationalities:

American (North American)

Roles:

American painter and draftsman, 1841-1897

Gender:

male

Marks and Inscriptions

Marks: Small etching of a large boat in front of Venice in lower right on recto

Signed: Signed in plate in ink, "A F Bunner" in lower left on recto; Signed in plate in ink with colophon, "TM." in lower right on recto

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Moran, Thomas. Print G: Venice after Bunner. 14.443g. 1887. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/14443g (11/21/2014).

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Print G: Venice after Bunner / Thomas Moran

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