Long Island

Details

THOMAS MORAN (1837-1926)
Long Island
signed and dated 'Thomas Moran./1878' (lower right)
oil on canvas
20 x 15 ¾ in. (50.8 x 40 cm.)
Painted in 1878.

Provenance

Findlay Galleries, Chicago, Illinois, circa 1940.
Joseph Sartor Galleries, Dallas, Texas.
Private collection, after 1945.
Estate of the above, 1976.
Roughton Galleries, Inc., Dallas, Texas.
(Probably) Acquired by the late owners from the above, 1976.

Further details

This work will be included in Phyllis Braff’s, Stephen Good’s and Melissa Webster Speidel’s forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the artist’s work.

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Lot Essay

Thomas Moran first visited Long Island, New York, in 1878, where he sketched many of the region's scenic locales. The present work is a dream-like vision of the beautiful landscape that he observed, likely painted in his studio from the various sketches that he made on his travels.

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