Oct 14, 2014 - Sale 2360

Sale 2360 - Lot 173

Price Realized: $ 1,062
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
THOMAS MORAN (1837-1926) YELLOWSTONE PARK / NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY. 1924.
29 3/4x40 inches, 75 1/2x101 1/2 cm. Brown & Bigelow, St. Paul.
Condition B+: repaired tears, restored losses and overpainting at edges, some affecting image; creases, abrasions and restoration in margins and image; repaired pin holes in corners.
A colorful image, from a painting by Thomas Moran, of the Grand Canyon in Yellowstone National Park (not to be confused with the Grand Canyon in Arizona), with her myriad of colorful natural wonders. One of two variations, the other is a vertical image featuring just a detail from this horizontal image.