Grand Canyon of the Colorado River
Thomas Moran, American (born England), 1837 - 1926
Geography:
Made in United States, North and Central America
Date:
1892 and 1908Medium:
Oil on canvasDimensions:
53 inches × 7 feet 10 inches (134.6 × 238.8 cm) Framed: 6 feet 2 1/8 inches × 9 feet 4 1/2 inches × 7 1/2 inches (188.3 × 285.8 × 19.1 cm)Curatorial Department:
American Art
1975-182-1Credit Line:
Gift of Graeme Lorimer, 1975
Made in United States, North and Central America
Date:
1892 and 1908Medium:
Oil on canvasDimensions:
53 inches × 7 feet 10 inches (134.6 × 238.8 cm) Framed: 6 feet 2 1/8 inches × 9 feet 4 1/2 inches × 7 1/2 inches (188.3 × 285.8 × 19.1 cm)Curatorial Department:
American Art
* Gallery 111, American Art, first floor
Accession Number:1975-182-1Credit Line:
Gift of Graeme Lorimer, 1975

A replica of this work is featured in Inside Out, a series of outdoor exhibitions throughout the region.
Label:
American artists traveled to the exotic corners of their own country as well as to Europe and Asia to seek picturesque subjects. When this painting was made, the American West remained a vastly unexplored and fundamentally foreign land. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway hired Moran to create this monumental panorama for use in promoting tourism to the region.
American artists traveled to the exotic corners of their own country as well as to Europe and Asia to seek picturesque subjects. When this painting was made, the American West remained a vastly unexplored and fundamentally foreign land. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway hired Moran to create this monumental panorama for use in promoting tourism to the region.
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