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THOMAS MORAN The Much Resounding Sea.
Etching, roulette and drypoint with sandpaper ground on Japan paper, 1886. 370x827 mm; 14 3/4x32 5/8 inches, wide margins. First state (of 2), before the shark remarqué printed in red ink lower right. Signed in pencil, lower left. A superb, richly-inked impression of this large etching.
Based on the same-titled oil painting, an East Hampton seascape from 1884 in the collection of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (Anderson 66). Klackner 45.
Moran (1837-1926) became well-known in 1871 when his large scale oil painting of The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, done during one of the first geological surveys of the area in 1871, was sold to the United States government for $10,000. Known as "the American [J. M. W.] Turner", he was inspired by Turner's Liber Studorium, a collection of 71 etchings made and curated by the artist. This highlight on the import of prints as an extension of the creative process prompted Moran to take up etching in addition to his painting an draftsmanship. He travelled extensively for most of his life, creating etchings in locations such as Mexico, Venice, the American Southwest and the East Coast of the United States.
This impressive etching represents a turbulent seascape on the far east coast of Long Island, New York. Moran and his wife, Mary Nimmo Moran, had a summer home and studio in East Hampton during the 1880s-1890s. Klackner 45.
