Hell's Half Mile
1912
Artist, American, active 1902 - 1924
Artist, American, 1881 - 1976
Artist, American, 1876 - 1960
Artwork overview
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Medium
photogravure
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image/sheet: 19.4 × 24.5 cm (7 5/8 × 9 5/8 in.)
mount: 35.7 × 40.3 cm (14 1/16 × 15 7/8 in.) -
Accession
2018.177.198
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
upper left of mount printed in brown ink on applied paper: "Hell's Half Mile." / This section of Ladore Canyon received the title / "Hell's Half Mile" when Major Powell and party / were on their expedition through the Green and / Colorado River Canyons in 1869-1872. / This picture was made on Kolb Brothers photo- / graphic expedition through these same canyons, in- / cluding Grand Canyon of Arizona. Their journey / began at Green River City, Wyoming, and termin- / ated at Needles, California. The time consumed / was 101 days; the descent 6000 feet, principally in / dangerous rapids, of which there were more than / three hundred. / Kolb Brothers accomplished two-thirds of their / journey, each rowing a separate boat, a third party / joining them for the balance of the trip.; by unknown hand, lower left in negative: © 1912 / Kolb Bros.; lower right in negative: © 1912 / KOLB BROTHERS; lower right of mount printed in gold ink on cover of small applied calendar: 1913