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Thomas Moran (1837-1926)

Indian Retreat

Details

Thomas Moran (1837-1926)
Indian Retreat
signed with conjoined initials and dated 'TMoran. 1896' (lower right)
oil on canvas
31 x 13 in. (78.7 x 33 cm.)

Provenance

William and Dorothy Harmsen Collection, Denver, Colorado, 1968.
Gift to the present owner from the above, 2001.

Literature

D. Harmsen, Harmsen's Western Americana, Denver, Colorado, 1978, pp. 148-49, illustrated.

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Lot Essay

The present work was likely originally part of the composition for Blue Beard's Castle, a 32 x 47 in. (81.3 x 119.4 cm.) oil painting which Moran described in his 1896 journal: "Sunset, two horsemen & water running into a canon with castle and sea in distance."

This work will be included in Stephen L. Good's and Phyllis Braff's forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the artist's work.

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