About the Artwork
The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
ca. 1884
Thomas Hill
1829-1908
American
Unknown
Oil on canvas
Unframed: 66 × 92 inches (167.6 × 233.7 cm) Framed: 77 1/2 × 102 1/8 × 1 7/8 inches (196.9 × 259.4 × 4.8 cm)
Paintings
American Art before 1950
Gift of Mrs. George O. Robinson
17.19
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Markings
Signed, at lower right: T. Hill
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Provenance
1908, Artist's estate. 1916, San Francisco, no. A-4. 1917, Pasadena, no. A-4. Mrs. George O. Robinson
1917-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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"Thomas Hill, 1829-1908: Biography and Works." California Art Research (WPA, San Francisco) 2, 1st ser. (1937): pp. 87-88. [Microfiche frames 0267-0268. Microfiche ed. La Jolla, CA, 1987.]
Detroit Institute of Arts Catalogue of Paintings. Detrot, 1944, p. 150.
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Thomas Hill, The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, ca. 1884, oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. George O. Robinson, 17.19.
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