Mark Klett
Confirming the details of the moment across the geologic horizon of Marble Canyon. Views from a military spotting scope on the Platform where William Holmes drew the eastern edge of the Kaibab (1882)

Confirming the details of the moment across the geologic horizon of Marble Canyon.  Views from a military spotting scope on the Platform where William Holmes drew the eastern edge of the Kaibab (1882)

© Mark Klett and Byron Wolfe

Confirming the details of the moment across the geologic horizon of Marble Canyon. Views from a military spotting scope on the Platform where William Holmes drew the eastern edge of the Kaibab (1882)
Confirming the details of the moment across the geologic horizon of Marble Canyon.  Views from a military spotting scope on the Platform where William Holmes drew the eastern edge of the Kaibab (1882)
ArtistAmerican, born 1952
ArtistAmerican, born 1967
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Confirming the details of the moment across the geologic horizon of Marble Canyon. Views from a military spotting scope on the Platform where William Holmes drew the eastern edge of the Kaibab (1882)
Date2008
Place depictedArizona, United States, North America
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsSheet: 23 1/2 × 117 1/2 in. (59.7 × 298.5 cm)
Frame (outer): 25 1/4 × 119 × 2 1/2 in. (64.1 × 302.3 × 6.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of the artists
Object number2011.704
Non exposé

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Provenance Research Ongoing Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed on sheet verso LL in pencil: © 2008 Mark Klett and Byron Wolfe 3/25 (MK 1/10)
Signed on sheet verso LL in pencil: Mark Klett and Byron Wolfe

Printed initials of lithographer in each image, lower left: WHH
Printed captions in the lower margin, two parts per section:
1)Upper View looking east. Lower View looking south - The two Views are continuous, The East Kaibab / Monocline is immediately in front of the observer carrying the same geological horizon on which he stands down to the platform 2400 to 3000 feet below.
2)The Marble Cañon is seen in the middle distance and the Echo Cliffs in the background. The Triassic / Cliffs terminating the Paria Plateau are seen in the background on the extreme left of the upper View.
3)Upper View looking east - Lower View looking south - The two Views are continuous. The East Kaibab / Monocline is immediately in front of the observer carrying the same geological horizon on which he / stands down to the platform 2400 to 3000 feet below.
4)The Marble Cañon is seen in the middle distance and the Echo Cliffs in the background. The Triassic / Cliffs terminating the Paria Plateau are seen in the background on the extreme left of the upper View.

Printed center below each image: Julius Bien & Co.lith

Title printed in lower margin below each image: VIEWS OF THE MARBLE CAÑON PLATFORM FROM THE EASTERN BRINK OF THE KAIBAB

Printed above images from left to right: UNITED [... photo overlaid], THE GRAND CAÑON DISTRICT. , ATLAS SHEET XIX, UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, THE GRAND CAÑON DISTRICT, ATLAS SHEET XIX

Circular blind stamp, recto lower right: KLETT & WOLFE

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