About the Artwork
Wall in The Grand Canyon, Colorado River
1871
Timothy H. O'Sullivan
ca. 1840-1882
American
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Albumen print
Image: 10 3/4 × 7 7/8 inches (27.3 × 20 cm)
Photographs
Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Founders Society Purchase, Merrill Fund
F81.46
Public Domain
Markings
Printed, on mount, upper left: Explorations in Nevada and Arizona Printed, on mount, upper center: WAR DEPARTMENT [with shield surmounted by bald eagle] CORPS OF ENGINEERS. U. S.ARMY. Printed, on mount, upper right: Expedition of 1871.-Lieut. Geol M. Wheeler, Com'd'g. Printed, on mount, lower left: T.H. O'Sullivan, Phot. Printed, on mount, lower center: WALL IN THE GRAND CANON, COLORADO RIVER. Printed, on mount, lower right: No. 11.
Provenance
(Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, California, USA);1981-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Credit Line for Reproduction
Timothy H. O'Sullivan, Wall in The Grand Canyon, Colorado River, 1871, albumen print. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Merrill Fund, F81.46.
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