Colburn’s Butte, South Utah - Thomas Moran, 1873
From the Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History:
The journey that resulted in the first painting of the Grand Canyon also yielded this watercolor by the same artist, Thomas Moran. In late July 1873, Moran was en route from Salt Lake City to the north rim of the Grand Canyon to join the expedition of John Wesley Powell. Near Kanarraville, Utah, he recorded in his sketchbook two Navajo sandstone pinnacles that offered a preview of the magnificent Zion Canyon to the south, which he visited days later. With Moran was Justin Colburn, a correspondent for theNew York Times, to whom he eventually gave the watercolor he made from the sketch and whose name he gave to its principal feature.
