Provenance

Thomas Joshua Cooper; Lannan Foundation, Santa Fe, NM, 30 March 2007; gift to NGA, 2024.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

Left Panel: signed by artist, lower right below image, in pencil: Thomas Joshua Cooper; on verso of mount, signed by artist, center, in black ink: The Three Great Rivers / Sunrise on the Equator – Zero° Latitude -“The River Sea” / at the Mouth of El Rio Amazones – The Amazon River, / the mouth of an unnamed stream and The South Atlantic / Ocean; Vulture Beach, Ilha Mexicana / Pare, Brazil, 2006; Oceanic ebbtide of the World’s greatest river / © Thomas Joshua Cooper A/P 1/3 / (Part 1, The left-hand part, of 3 part work)
Center Panel: signed by artist, lower right below image, in pencil: Thomas Joshua Cooper; on verso of mount, signed by artist, center, in black ink: The Three Great Rivers / Wind whipped / Looking towards Delta Amacuro – The Orinoco Delta / Golfo de Paria—The Gulf of Paria, Boca Grande / and Boca del Dragon –The Dragons’ Mouths; Punta Piedras, Promontorio de Paria / Peninsula de Paria, Sucre, Venezuela, 2005/2006; During the time of Hurricane Rita at one of / the World’s most immense river basins / © Thomas Joshua Cooper A/P 1/3 / (Part 2, The middle part, of a 3 part work)
Right Panel: signed by artist, lower right below image, in pencil: Thomas Joshua Cooper; on verso of mount, signed by artist, center, in black ink: The Three Great Rivers / Thick early Morning River Mist / The Confluence of the Rio de la Plata; Isla Martin Garcia / Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2006; At the rising of the World’s widest river / © Thomas Joshua Cooper A/P 1/3 / (Part 3, The right-hand part, of a 3 part work)