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Moran, Thomas,
Landscape -- River
Figure
Ethnic -- Indian
Architecture -- Boat
Literature -- Longfellow
Painting
Spirit of the Indian, (painting).
Artist:
Moran, Thomas, 1837-1926, painter.
Title:
Spirit of the Indian, (painting).
Dates:
1869.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Oil on canvas.
Dimensions:
32 x 48 in. (81.3 x 121.9 cm).
Inscription:
(Lower left:) T. Moran 1869 signed
Subject:
Landscape
--
River
Figure
Ethnic
--
Indian
Architecture
--
Boat
--
Canoe
Literature
--
Longfellow
--
Song of Hiawatha
Object Type:
Painting
Owner:
Philbrook Museum of Art, 2727 South Rockford Road, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74114 Accession Number: 44.9
Remarks:
Possibly illustration for Longfellow's Song of Hiawatha. Possibly inspired by trip to Lake Superior in 1860.
References:
Philbrook Museum of Art, 1988.
Exh. cat. "New Jersey and the Artist," New Jersey State Museum, Trenton,1965.
"American Art: the Philbrook Collection," (Tulsa, OK:) Philbrook Art Center, 1976.
"American landscape: a changing frontier: in commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the National Park Service," Washington, Smithsonian Institution (National Collection of Fine Arts), 1966.
Sweeney, J. Gray, "Great Lakes Marine Painting of the Nineteenth Century," Muskegon, MI: Muskegon Museum of Art, 1983, pg. 19.
"The Philbrook Museum of Art: A Handbook to the Collections," Tulsa, OK: Philbrook Museum of Art, 1991, pg. 40.
Illustration:
Sweeney, J. Gray, "Great Lakes Marine Painting of the Nineteenth Century," Muskegon, MI: Muskegon Museum of Art, 1983, pg. 19.
Image on file.
"American Art: the Philbrook Collection," (Tulsa, OK:) Philbrook Art Center, 1976.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAP 80780019
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Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum
Control Number
Inventory of American Paintings
80780019
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