Strange Sandstone Formations on the Banks of the Upper Missouri

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Artist

Karl Bodmer

Birth and death dates

1809 - 1893

Artist Nationality

Swiss

Title

Strange Sandstone Formations on the Banks of the Upper Missouri

Date

August 1833

Dimensions

12 1/4 × 7 7/8 in. (31.1 × 20 cm)

Medium

Watercolor and graphite on paper

Institution

Joslyn Art Museum

Credit Line

Gift of the Enron Art Foundation

Accession Number

1986.49.200

Rights (i.e. copyright information)

Joslyn Art Museum

Photographer credit

Photograph © Bruce M. White, 2019

Commentary

Bodmer's views of unusual formations along the banks of the upper Missouri in August, 1833, still offer interesting subjects for study today. Several of these were featured in part or in whole in the atlas of plates published in Europe in the years 1839-43. Few of them are clearly identified by inscriptions as to exact location, although several are noted in Maximilian's journal by letter or number designations.

References in Journal

August 6, 1833

Labels:

study , Missouri River , study, geological

Approximate Depicted Location:

Upper Missouri River