Mark Klett
Viewing Thomas Moran at the Source, Artist's Point, Yellowstone

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Artist Mark Klett (American, born 1952)American, born 1952

CultureAmerican

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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)

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

On view

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Photography

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PHOTOGRAPHS

DescriptionMark Klett makes a direct reference to Thomas Moran’s famous painting of Yellowstone in Viewing Thomas Moran at the Source, Artist’s Point, Yellowstone. 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

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