Timothy O'Sullivan (American, born Ireland, 1840–1882)
Explorers Column, Cañon de Chelle, Arizona. This shaft is the work of nature, and is about 900 feet in height; base about 70 by 110 feet. It stands near the center of the Cañon, and it is almost impossible to believe that it is not the work of human hands, No. 23 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"
1873
O'Sullivan's dramatic composition transforms geological documentation into sublime landscape art, capturing the monumental scale of the natural sandstone pillar that defied contemporary viewers' expectations of natural formation.
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- Albumen print, stereo
More by Timothy O'Sullivan (American, born Ireland, 1840–1882)
View across Black Cañon. The grand walls in perspective, No. 2 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"
1871
Navajo Brave and his Mother. The Navajo were formerly a warlike tribe until subdued by U.S. Troops, in 1859-60. Many of them now have fine flocks, and herds of horses, sheeps and goats, No. 29 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"
1873
Navajo Indian Squaw, and Child, at their home, in Cañon de Chelle, No. 27 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"
1873
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