The Shores of Lake Superior

Artist Thomas Moran (1837 - 1926)

Date1866

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions25 × 45 1/8 in. (63.5 × 114.6 cm)
Framed: 32 1/2 × 52 1/2 in.

ClassificationsPainting

Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, Gift of an anonymous donor, 2019.32

Signedl.l.: T. MORAN.

Accession number 2019.32

On View

Not on view

Provenancecommissioned for Jas. S. Earle, Philadelphia, PA , 1866; (Sarachek’s Oil Paintings, Kansas City, MO); purchased by Mrs. John Denman, Jr., 1937; by descent in the family to Private Collection, Wichita, KS; given to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2019
Inscribedverso, u.l., on frame: 259279
verso, c.l., on frame: Metal [?] 26
verso, l.l., on frame: [illegible script]
verso, u.r., on frame: 7201 / 25 X 45 / Metal [?] 26
verso, l.r., on frame: 2 / [partially obscured by hardware] 9279
verso, c., on stretcher bar: 4926