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Beaver Head Canyon, Montana
Thomas Moran (American (born in England), 1837–1926)
July 4, 1871
Medium/Technique
Watercolor and opaque white on yellow-gray paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 26.3 x 35.9 cm (10 3/8 x 14 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number60.427
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CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsWatercolors
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik (1962) cat. 569
DescriptionBarren rocky bluffs with pool. Mountain peaks in distance left.
InscriptionsInscribed above in graphite: (something illegible) City, Montana / July 4th, 1871, TM.; lower right in pen and ink: Beaver Head Canon [sic.] / Montana / [monogram] TM. 1871
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA April 14, 1960