Mount of the Holy Cross

Mount of the Holy Cross

1894
Artist
Thomas Moran, American, 1837-1926
Born: England
Country
United States
Object
watercolor
Medium
Watercolor on paper
Accession Number
1981.16
Credit Line
Anonymous Gift

Thomas Moran, Mount of the Holy Cross, 1894. Watercolor on paper; 18 1/2 x 16 1/2 inches. Denver Art Museum: Anonymous Gift, 1981.16

Dimensions
frame height: 35 in, 88.9000 cm; frame width: 27 in, 68.5800 cm; frame depth: 2 1/2 in, 6.3500 cm; sight height: 18 1/2 in, 46.9900 cm; sight width: 13 1/2 in, 34.2900 cm
Inscription
BL:"Moran"
Department
Petrie Institute of Western American Art
Collection
Petrie Institute of Western American Art
Known Provenance
Artist [1837–1926]; Mrs. Harold Pearce and William J. Pearce; By descent to Mrs. Susan Richardson; "Private Collection"; Gifted to the Denver Art Museum, 1981.
Exhibition History
  • "The Most Remarkable Scenery: Thomas Moran's Watercolors of the American West"—Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, TX, 5/23/1980 - 1/4/1981
  • "Thomas Moran"—National Gallery of Art, 9/28/1997 - 1/11/1998, The Thomas Gilcrease Institute of American History and Art, 2/8/1998 - 5/10/1998
  • Seattle Art Museum, 6/11/1998 - 8/30/1998
  • "The American West Through the Artists' Eyes"—Vail Valley Arts Council - The May Gallery, 1/22/1999 - 3/16/1999
  • "Yellowstone and the West: The Chromolithographs of Thomas Moran"—Joslyn Art Museum, 06/07/2014 - 09/07/2014

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