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Created by Gustav Buek from an original oil painting made in 1892 by Thomas Moran. The painting is today owned by the Philadelphia Museum of Art in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Both works are entitled The Grand Canyon of the Colorado (the subject is the Grand Canyon in the state of Arizona. Chromolithography was the best process for reproducing images in color prior to photographic color separation methods that began circa 1900.

Thomas Moran (February 12, 1837 – August 25, 1926)
Thomas Moran is well known for his paintings of landscapes. When he traveled to visit the Grand Canyon and Yellowstone he became an advent painter and promoter of the untamed west, appealing to his contemporaries and audiences with western expansion fever. ..
Measurement cm 57x 95
with frame cm 95 x138.
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Creator
Thomas Moran (1837-1926, American)
Creation Year
1893
Dimensions
Height: 37.41 in. (95 cm)
Width: 54.34 in. (138 cm)
Depth: 3.15 in. (8 cm)
Medium
Lithograph
Period
Late 19th Century
Condition
Good
Gallery Location
Rome, IT