Artist
Mark Klett American, born 1952
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Viewing Thomas Moran at the Source, Artist's Point, Yellowstone
DateAugust 30, 2000
PlaceUnited States
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsImage: 18 7/16 × 22 15/16 in. (46.8 × 58.3 cm)
Sheet: 19 7/16 × 23 3/4 in. (49.4 × 60.3 cm)
Sheet: 19 7/16 × 23 3/4 in. (49.4 × 60.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Bob and Cindi Blakely in honor of Colin Blakely
Object number2006.245
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Gallery 208
Exposé
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Department
PhotographyObject Type
Moran’s famous painting of Yellowstone in Viewing
Thomas Moran at the Source, Artist’s Point, Yellowstone. Thomas Moran
painted grandiose scenes of the American landscape in the 1860s when the West
was still a vast, unknown territory. Klett both pays tribute to and critiques
the 19th-century political platform embedded in Moran’s vista, that it was
America’s Manifest Destiny to conquer nature and expand the nation from coast
to coast.
ProvenanceBob and Cindi Blakely; given to MFAH, 2006.
Exhibition History"Second Nature: Contemporary Landscapes from the MFAH Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, July 10 - September 25, 2011
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in silver ink, recto, lower left over image: Viewing Thomas Moran at the source
Inscribed in silver ink, recto, lower right over image: Artists' Point, Yellowstone 8/3/00
Inscribed in silver ink, recto, lower right over image: Artists' Point, Yellowstone 8/3/00
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