LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

29.53 in. (75.00 cm.) (height) by 60.00 in. (152.40 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed with conjoined initials and dated 'TMoran./1904.' (lower left)

Exhibited:

New York, The Century Association, December 1904. London, Royal Academy of Arts, One Hundred and Thirty-Seventh Annual Exhibition, May 1-August 7, 1905, no. 77 (as The Grand Canyon of the Colorado, Arizona). Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, Thomas Moran, September 28, 1997-January 11, 1998, no. 91 (as Grand Canyon).

Literature:

Royal Academy of Arts, One Hundred and Thirty-Seventh Annual Exhibition, exhibition catalogue, London, 1905, p. 10, no. 77 (as The Grand Canyon of the Colorado, Arizona). N.K. Anderson, et al., Thomas Moran, exhibition catalogue, Washington, D.C., 1997, p. 172, no. 91, illustrated (as Grand Canyon). A. Wilton, T. Barringer, American Sublime: Landscape Painting in the United States, 1820-1880, London, 2002, p. 250.

Provenance:

The artist. Moulton & Ricketts, Chicago, Illinois, 1910, acquired from the above. Newhouse Galleries, Inc., New York. Libbie Moody Thompson, Washington, D.C. and Galveston, Texas, acquired from the above. Estate of the above. Sotheby's, New York, 29 November 1990, lot 37. Acquired by the present owner from the above.