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On the Road to Santa Fe

1884

Peter Moran

Associated Names

Peter Moran

Artist, American, 1841 - 1914

Art Union of Philadelphia

Publisher

The image shows a rural path with several donkeys carrying packs. One of the donkeys is drinking from a puddle. In the background, there is a stone wall and some buildings. The scene is depicted in a monochrome color palette, primarily shades of brown and sepia. Trees on the sides frame the setting.

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Artwork overview

Medium

etching in black
Credit Line

Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
Dimensions

plate: 29.2 × 44.5 cm (11 1/2 × 17 1/2 in.)
sheet: 37.6 × 50 cm (14 13/16 × 19 11/16 in.)
Accession Number

2008.115.3582
Catalogue Raisonné

Wright 2010, no. 72

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

2010

Wright, David Gilmore. Domestic and Wild: Peter Moran's Images of America, vol. 2. Baltimore, Maryland: Creo Press, 2010, pp. 384-386, no. 72.

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: P. Moran.; lower right in faded ink by unknown hand: On the Road to Santa Fe; upper right in graphite by unknown hand: 22

Wikidata ID

Q76457621

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