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Thomas Moran 1837-1926
Description
- Thomas Moran
- A Norther in the Gulf of Mexico
- signed with the artist's monogrammed signature TMoran and dated 1884, l.l.
- oil on canvas
- 25 by 51 in.
- (63.5 by 129.5 cm)
Provenance
John Levy Galleries, New York
Findlay Galleries, New York (sold: Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, March 5, 1942, lot 27, illustrated (as Norther in the Gulf Stream))
Private Collection, Chicago, Illinois
Private Collection, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1960
By descent in the family to the present owner
Exhibited
Literature
New York Herald, April 5, 1884
Boston Transcript, April 5, 1884
Morgan Molihenney, New York Herald, April 13, 1884
Nancy K. Anderson, et al., Thomas Moran, Washington, D.C., 1997, p. 240
Catalogue Note
The Boston Transcript, in its review of the National Academy of Design's Annual Exhibition, wrote, "Thomas and Edward Moran occupy a good portion of the south wall with two large sea pieces, similar as to idea--the solitary grandeur of the ocean just after a storm--but very different in treatment. Of the two, the one by Thomas pleased me the most, being deeper in tone, and having better perspective effects than the latter, The huge black, surging billows interpose their crests between the spectator and a thin stretch of golden sunlight on the horizon, giving a dash of welcome color to the scene" (Boston Transcript, April 5, 1884).