Green River Cliffs, Wyoming

Provenance

Mr. Clapp, Chicago, or Dr. Williams, Chicago.[1] (Julien Levy Gallery, New York). Frank Glenn [d. 1960], Kansas City, Missouri; purchased by Frederick W. Allsopp [1867-1946], Little Rock; gift 1937 to the Museum of Fine Arts, Little Rock [since 1960, the Arkansas Arts Center]; de-accessioned 1983 and sold through (Ira Spanierman, New York); sold to William I. Koch;[2] (American sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, New York, 30 November 1994, no. 40); Vern Milligan [d. 2012], Denver; gift 2011 to NGA.[3] [1] The provenance given here is based on the list of former owners as published in the 1994 sale catalogue. Two entries in a notebook in the Thomas Moran Papers held by the Archives of American Art specify the painting was sold to Mr. Clapp; copies kindly provided by Joseph Ingrum and in NGA curatorial files. [2] The painting was on loan to NGA from September 1986 to August 1992 from the Spring Creek Art Foundation, established by Charles Koch "for the purpose of making fine art accessible to the public through loans of art objects to public institutions." [3] The gift to NGA was made by Mr. Milligan and his two children.

Green River Cliffs, Wyoming

Moran, Thomas

1881

Accession Number

2011.2.1

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 63.5 x 157.5 cm (25 x 62 in.) | framed: 109.22 x 203.2 x 15.24 cm (43 x 80 x 6 in.)

Classification

Painting

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Gift of the Milligan and Thomson Families