Presented in this lot is a Sepia Photogravure of the Thomas Moran, "Green River Cliffs, Wyoming," 1926, Brown & Bigelow publishers, St. Paul, MN. Thomas Moran (1837 –1926), first painted the Green River in Wyoming on his initial trip west in 1871. He returned again in 1879, painting several additional sketches in watercolor, and he continued to paint major oils of the Green River into the 1880s and later years. The subject was considered one of the West's most dramatic vistas with its multicolored, castellated buttes. Among the most successful and revealing of these is "Green River Cliffs, Wyoming", 1881. Broad in its vista, the composition includes a sparsely foliated foreground through which a caravan of Indians makes its way toward a village on the horizon. In the far distance are the cliffs of Green River, cast in hues of orange, lavender, and pink. Wisps of clouds, also tinged with the pink of the setting sun, dust the sky. Moran was an American painter and printmaker of the Hudson River School in New York whose work often featured the Rocky Mountains. During the late 1860s, he was appointed the chief illustrator for the magazine Scribner's Monthly, a position that helped him launch his career as one of the premier painters of the American landscape, in particular, the American West. He is sometimes referred as belonging to the Rocky Mountain School of landscape painters because of all of the Western landscapes made by "members" of that group. Thomas Moran's vision of the Western landscape was critical to the creation of Yellowstone National Park. Moran joined the survey team of the Hayden Geological Survey of 1871. His sketches, along with fellow team member William Henry Jackson's photographs, captured the nation's attention and helped inspire Congress to establish the Yellowstone region as the first national park in 1872. Moran's paintings along with Jackson's photographs revealed the scale and splendor of the beautiful Yellowstone region where written or oral descriptions failed, persuading President Grant and the US Congress that Yellowstone was to be preserved. This sepia photogravure of the original painting was created the year of Moran's death. It is in very nice condition, the artist's signature is on the bottom right corner, the publisher's name and date is on the bottom left corner. No marring is noted. The painted hardwood stenciled frame exhibits its age in wear and tear scuffing along all of the frame edges. No other obvious marring noted. Visible art measures 15.75"L x 11.5"W.*