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Thomas Moran is especially well known for his sweeping views of remote areas in the American West. A gifted watercolorist who was deeply influenced by J. M. W. Turner, Moran found a realistic equivalent for the Englishman’s art in the strange hues of the mountains of Wyoming and Nevada, the bubbling springs and vaporous geysers of Yellowstone, and the fantastic rock formations of Arizona. Although he enjoyed dramatic effects, Moran did not exaggerate the spectacular landscapes of the American West; watercolors such as <em>Ruby Range</em> are accurate even in their surprising palettes, achieving an almost visionary intensity.
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117915
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The Ruby Range, Nevada
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drawing
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117915
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drawing
title
The Ruby Range, Nevada
description
Thomas Moran is especially well known for his sweeping views of remote areas in the American West. A gifted watercolorist who was deeply influenced by J. M. W. Turner, Moran found a realistic equivalent for the Englishman’s art in the strange hues of the mountains of Wyoming and Nevada, the bubbling springs and vaporous geysers of Yellowstone, and the fantastic rock formations of Arizona. Although he enjoyed dramatic effects, Moran did not exaggerate the spectacular landscapes of the American West; watercolors such as <em>Ruby Range</em> are accurate even in their surprising palettes, achieving an almost visionary intensity.
date
1879
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en
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Q80012667
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3207
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Drawing
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1
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import
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Sheet: 19.6 x 36.2 cm (7 11/16 x 14 1/4 in.)
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America
accession
1938.67
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watercolor, gouache and graphite
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The Ruby Range, Nevada, 1879. Thomas Moran (American, born England, 1837–1926). Watercolor, gouache and graphite; sheet: 19.6 x 36.2 cm (7 11/16 x 14 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. Henry A. Everett for the Dorothy Burnham Everett Memorial Collection, 1938.67
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gray wove paper
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DR - American 19th Century
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inscription
signed, lower left, in graphite: The Ruby Range / Nevada Aug 8th --79. TMoran. / TM ; by artist, lower right, in graphite [partially erased]: The Ruby Range Nevada / Aug 8th TM
citations
citation
<em>Catalogue of pictures of Thomas Moran, N.A.; exhibited under the auspices of the Denver Art League, Christmas, 1892</em>, 1892, File A, No. 88 (C-4), Moran Collection, East Hampton Library, East Hampton, New York.
page_number
Mentioned, P. 5, No. 53.
citation
The Milch Galleries, New York, NY. <em>Memorial Exhibition: Water Color Sketches by Thomas Moran, N.A. </em>December 20 - January 8, 1927. No. 21.
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The Biltmore Salon, Los Angeles. CA. <em>Water colors by Thomas Moran, N.A., 1837-1926.</em> January 2 - January 29,1927. No. 22.
citation
Francis, Henry Sayles, "In Memoriam: Josephine Pettengill Everett 1866-1937," <em>The Bulletin of The Cleveland Museum of Art</em> No. 6/part II (June, 1938): 123-130.
page_number
Mentioned, p. 129.
citation
“Cleveland: The Latest Additions to the Everett Collection.” <em>Art News</em> 36 Part II, no. 40. (Sep 17, 1938).
page_number
Mentioned, p. 16
citation
“A Check List. American Paintings and Water Colors of the Eighteenth, Nineteenth, and Early Twentieth Centuries in the Cleveland Museum of Art.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 60, no. 1 (January 1973): 21–35.
page_number
Mentioned and reproduced: p. 31, no. 137
citation
Clark, Carol. Thomas Moran: <em>Watercolors of the American West : Text and Catalogue Raisonné. </em>Austin: Published for the Amon Carter Museum of Western Art by the University of Texas Press, 1980.
page_number
pp. 55, 147, no. 191.
citation
Adams, Celeste, Franklin Kelly, and Ron Tyler. <em>America: Art and the West. </em>[New York]: American-Australian Foundation for the Arts and International Cultural Corporation of Australia; distributed by H.N. Abrams, New York, 1986.
page_number
cat. 28
citation
Mansfield Art Center (Mansfield, Ohio). <em>The American West from the Long Expedition to the Taos Society of Artists. </em>Exhibition catalogue. The Mansfield Art Center, March 18-April 15, 1990. [Mansfield, Ohio]: [The Center], 1990.
page_number
no. 40
creditline
Bequest of Mrs. Henry A. Everett for the Dorothy Burnham Everett Memorial Collection
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2026-05-29 06:06:19.237000
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117915
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watercolor, gouache and graphite
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