Twilight

Artist: Thomas Moran, American (born England), 1837–1926
Date: 1878
Material: Etching and drypoint
Classification: Prints
Collection: Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
Current Location: Not on view
Dimensions: plate: 7 11/16 x 11 1/16 in. (19.5 x 28.1 cm)
sheet: 10 7/16 x 13 3/8 in. (26.5 x 34 cm)
Credit Line: Funds given by Lyle S. and Aileen E. Woodcock
Rights: Public Domain
Object Number: 18:1980

NOTES

A great landscape painter of the American West, Thomas Moran also made etchings at several points in his life. This print of a lone figure among ruins exhibits Moran's love of texture. The array of lines and tones emphasizes various surfaces such as crumbling stone or lush leaves.

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