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Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum  Search this
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Tue, 09 Jul 2019 14:00:17 +0000
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American Art
National Parks
Thomas Moran
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<img width="640" height="448" src="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/1917-17-26-700x490.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="Image features a view of the Grand Canyon. Rock formations in the foreground and to the left are loosely sketched in pencil. The Colorado River appears as a white stripe winding through the center of the composition, between cliff faces painted with bright bands of blue, yellow, and rose washes. Dark clouds in the distance indicate an approaching storm. Please scroll down to read the blog post about this object." style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" srcset="https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/1917-17-26-700x490.jpg 700w, https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/1917-17-26-300x210.jpg 300w, https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/1917-17-26-170x119.jpg 170w, https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/1917-17-26.jpg 1500w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" data-attachment-id="34494" data-permalink="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/2019/07/09/grand-scenery/1917-17-26/" data-orig-file="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/1917-17-26.jpg" data-orig-size="1500,1051" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="1917-17-26" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/1917-17-26-300x210.jpg" data-large-file="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/1917-17-26-700x490.jpg" />This year, the Grand Canyon celebrates its 100th anniversary as a national park.  Cooper Hewitt is home to some of the earliest images of the Grand Canyon by Thomas Moran, an artist who accompanied Major John Wesley Powell’s 1873 expedition to survey areas along the Colorado River through Utah and Arizona. This expedition was not...
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