Wall in the Grand Canyon—Colorado River

1872

Timothy H. O'Sullivan

Artist, American, born Ireland, 1840 - 1882

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    albumen print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the UBS Art Collection

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 27.5 × 20.2 cm (10 13/16 × 7 15/16 in.)
    mount: 35.3 × 28.1 cm (13 7/8 × 11 1/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2023.30.116

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Charles Isaacs Photographs Inc., New York); Paine Webber & Co., New York, 30 August 1994; UBS, New York, 2000; gift to NGA, 2023.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower left on mount printed in black ink: T. H. O'Sullivan, Phot.; lower right: No. 11; bottom center: WALL IN THE GRAND CAÑON, COLORADO RIVER.; on verso, possibly by artist, upper center in graphite: Taken on Major Powell's Grand Canyon / Expedition of 1872; by unknown hand, bottom center in graphite: TOC/059

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