Three photographs of "Fiercely the Red Sun Descending, 1878

Item — Folder: 442

Identifier: 4316.5733

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Description

Folder 442

Curatorial Remarks

This appears to be a photograph of Thomas Moran's 1875-1876 oil painting "Fiercely the Red Sun Descending/Burned his way along the Heavens," currently owned by the North Carolina Museum of Art, accession number 52.9.34. The painting was inspired by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's epic poem The Song of Hiawatha.

Sandra Pauly, Luce Curatorial Scholar of American Art, 2022

Dates

1878

Creator

Unidentified (Photographer, Person)

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

Materials in English

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